London (An Early Panoramic View).

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• ARTIST: Matthaus Merian

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: c.1640.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 27 1/4 x 8 5/8" (69.2 x 21.9 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: A striking panoramic view of London before the great fire of 1666..<BR><BR> The view extends from the King's Palace at Whitehall to the Tower of London and St. Katherine's Church in the east. Nicely shown is the original London Bridge with all it's buildings across it. The traitors' heads are shown atop pikes at the southern gate of the bridge. The Globe, Shakespeare's theatre, is identified in Southwark. A numbered key identifies 43 important locations and buildings within the city.<br><br> Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) was the father of Matthaus the Younger and Caspar, and of the painter, engraver, and naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian. Born in Basel, Switzerland and trained in Zurich. He settled in Frankfurt and worked for Johann Theodor de Bry, the publisher and son of the travel writer. In 1617, he married Maria Magdalena de Bry, Johann Theodor's daughter. In 1623, Merian took over the de Bry publishing house upon the death of his father-in-law. Merian's best-known works are detailed town views which, due to their accuracy and artistry, form a valuable record of European urban life in the first half of the sixteenth century.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Framed in carved black scoop framed with gold metal beaded lip.

• CONDITION: Good condition, excess margins folded over behind print.

• REFERENCE: Howgego, p.7.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - Europe , England - London