After Samuel Buck (1696 - 1779) and Nathaniel Buck (fl. 1724 - 1759), A Panorama of London and the Thames from Westminster Bridge to London Bridge, over five hand-coloured and engraved sheets dated Sept 11th 1749, 30 x 79 cm, each framed and glazed, 44 x 93 cm

From the Estate of the Late Baroness Shreela Flather (Former Mayor for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, and the first Asian woman to receive a peerage).

Condition Report

This lot is framed in Hogarth style frames and glazed - they have not been removed from the frames for inspection. Some reveal the edge of the paper near the mount, suggesting that they have been trimmed within the plate mark. There are no plate numbers, but there is a clear folding crease to the centre of each, and they are printed on laid paper. Paper has discoloured with age with some slight staining and foxing.

Westminster Bridge - with slight tear in the centre (breaking into publication details)

Whitehall to Somerset Stairs - edge of paper showing bottom right

Somerset House to Bridewell - Paper more stained than the others (on left and right sides)

London Bridge - Crease edge of paper showing bottom left, signs of a repair in the sky (top left), some slight paper losses along top edge, repaired tears to centre fold and bottom right (within the text only)

St Pauls - paper losses around the right side and bottom right corner, close trimming evident along the bottom edge.