A Lithographic Sketch of the North Bank of the Thames, from Westminster Bridge to London Bridge, Shewing the Proposed Quay ... &c
Baynes, Thomas Mann. Trench, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. W., M. P
London. Published by Hurst and Robinson, Pall Mall; and J. Dickinson, 114, New Bond Street. 1825
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A rare unsophisticated set of views of the Thames by Baynes showing Trench's proposed embankment.
The first proposal to embank the Thames came from Sir Christopher Wren in the 1660s before the idea was revived in the nineteenth-century by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Trench, M. P. His ideas - depicted here in fine lithograph views by Baynes - although with the support of a number of influential people, was blocked by various parties with interests in the river. Trench's proposal, built out into the river to avoid land ownership problems, would have created a stylistically uniform architectural scheme from Westminster Bridge to London Bridge.
The first proposal to embank the Thames came from Sir Christopher Wren in the 1660s before the idea was revived in the nineteenth-century by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Trench, M. P. His ideas - depicted here in fine lithograph views by Baynes - although with the support of a number of influential people, was blocked by various parties with interests in the river. Trench's proposal, built out into the river to avoid land ownership problems, would have created a stylistically uniform architectural scheme from Westminster Bridge to London Bridge.
Oblong folio. (280 x 685 mm). Sheet with printed title and text recto and verso, ten sheets with lithograph by Baynes printed by Hullmadel recto only to form panorama, folding map, 'Plan of the River Thames &c.' by T. Dighton. Original publisher's paper-backed wrappers, printed title label to upper wrapper, loose in later protective brown morocco-backed cloth portfolio, title gilt to spine.
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