The Court of King's Bench in Westminster Hall in Session, 1804
€ 290
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1804
Mapmaker / artist
After Edward Pugh; engraved by J. G. Walker
Publisher
Richard Phillips, London
Technique
Copper Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Fair
Reference
BG-12935-5
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Small loss or rounding to the bottom right corner. Minor nicks along the left and right edges. Light, uneven toning, slightly darker towards the edges. Foxing across much of the margin.
About this sheet
This is an original antique copper engraving, uncolored, lettered "The Court of King's Bench, Westminster." The view shows the court in session. Four judges in full wigs sit on the raised bench at the back beneath a canopy, with clerks at the table below them. Rows of barristers in wigs and gowns crowd the curved benches in the foreground, while spectators, including women in white, stand at the sides and in the boxes. Above the bench three Gothic niches hold standing royal statues, a tall traceried window lights the right side, and bookshelves line the wall behind the officials.
The title is engraved in script below the image. The artist's credit "E. Pugh del." is at lower left and the engraver's credit "J. G. Walker sc." at lower right. Beneath the title is the imprint "Published Augt 11-1804 by Richard Phillips 71 St Pauls Church Yard."
The plate comes from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis, printed for Richard Phillips, No. 71, St. Paul's Church-Yard, by C. Mercier and Co., Northumberland-court, Strand, in 1804, and "illustrated with numerous copper plates." Many of its topographical views were drawn by Edward Pugh, a Welsh painter working in London, and engraved on copper by several London engravers, each of whom signed his own plate. In 1804 the Court of King's Bench still sat within Westminster Hall, and the Gothic statues and window in the view belong to that medieval setting.
A natural choice for a law office, chambers or a lawyer's library.
Condition: Small loss or rounding to the bottom right corner. Minor nicks along the left and right edges. Light, uneven toning, slightly darker towards the edges. Foxing across much of the margin.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
