Gezicht op de stad Leith, Robert Sayer, after Paul Sandby, 1753

Title(s)

Gezicht op de stad Leith
View of Leith from the east road (title on object)
Schotland (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1932-428

Catalogue reference

• Sayer 3

Inscriptions / marks

• date

Description

Op de achtergrond de monding van de rivier de Water of Leith. Rechtsboven genummerd: 3.

Artist

• publisher: Robert Sayer (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Henry Overton (II) (mentioned on object)
• print maker: Paul Sandby (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Paul Sandby (mentioned on object)

Place

publisher: London
publisher: London
print maker: Great Britain

Dating

1753

Material

• paper
• watercolor (paint)

Technique

etching / brush

Measurements

height 274 mm × width 377 mm

What

• city-view in general; 'veduta' (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• four-wheeled vehicle drawn by two animals
• river mouth, estuary
• sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Where

• Leith
• Water of Leith

Acquisition

unknown 1932

Copyright

Public domain

• Two hundred and six perspective views adapted to the diagonal mirrour or optical pillar machine, cat.nr. 3