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From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In Englandand Wales".John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after heturned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. Thefirst collection was issued in 1770, and included someplates by printmakers other than himself. Adams(London): 47.47.Stock: 29382126. A View of Chelsea Water Works. No.5.J. Boydell del. & Sculp. Publish'd according to Act ofParliament by J. Boydell at the Unicorn the corner ofQueen Street Cheapside. London 1752. Price. 1s.Engraving, paper watermarked with very largemargins. Plate 260 x 425mm (10¼ x 16¾"). £300View of the buildings at Chelsea, next to the Thames; aman on a raft in foreground, other figures by riverbank.The Chelsea Waterworks Company was formed in1723 (where the Churchill Gardens estate, Pimlico nowstands), and supplied water to Westminster andadjacent parts. It introduced the first iron main inLondon in 1746. The company held water in reservoirsin Hyde Park and Green Park and pumped waterthrough an elaborate sysstems of canals which covereda large area of today's Pimlico. As the years marchedby the water was becoming more and morecontaminated and the Company installed the first Sandfiltration operation to purify the water. Eventurally inthe late nineteenth century the company became part ofthe Metropolitan Water Board.From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In Englandand Wales".John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after heturned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. Thefirst collection was issued in 1770, and included someplates by printmakers other than himself. Adams(London): 47.5; the location of the water works isshown in Rocque's map of Chelsea, ref. 18215Stock: 29298127. A View taken near Battersea Church,looking towards Chelsea. No.6.J. Boydell del. & Sculp. Publish'd according to Act ofParliament by J. Boydell at the Unicorn the corner ofQueen Street Cheapside. London 1752. Price. 1s.Engraving, paper watermarked with very largemargins. Plate 260 x 425mm (10¼ x 16¾"). Somefoxing. £350A fine view on the river at Battersea; the church on theright; in right foreground boats grouped around pier;Chelsea in distance on the left.From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In Englandand Wales".John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after heturned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. Thefirst collection was issued in 1770, and included someplates by printmakers other than himself. Adams(London): 47.6.Stock: 29299128. A View taken near Mr. Smith's House atBattersea, looking up the Thames. No.7.J. Boydell Del. & Sculp. Publish'd according to Act ofParliament by J. Boydell 1752. & Sold at the Unicornthe corner of Queen Street Cheapside. London. Price.1s.Engraving, paper watermarked with very largemargins. Plate 260 x 420mm (10¼ x 16½"). £400View on the river at Battersea; a grand house with frontterrace on the left, small boats and barges on water inforeground.From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In Englandand Wales".John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after heturned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. Thefirst collection was issued in 1770, and included someplates by printmakers other than himself. Adams(London): 47.7.Stock: 29300129. A View of Hammersmith, looking downthe Thames. No.8.J. Boydell Del. & Sculp. Publish'd according to Act ofParliament by J. Boydell at the Unicorn the corner ofQueen Street Cheapside. London 1752. Price. 1s.Engraving, paper watermarked with very largemargins. Plate 260 x 420mm (10¼ x 16½"). £450A fine view on the Thames at Hammersmith; smallboats and barges in foreground.From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In Englandand Wales".John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after heturned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. Thefirst collection was issued in 1770, and included someplates by printmakers other than himself. Adams(London): 47.8.Stock: 29301130. A View of Erith; looking up the Thames.No.9.J. Boydell Delin & Sculp. Publish'd according to Act ofParliament by J.no Boydell at the Globe near DurhamYard in the Strand 1750. Price. 1s.Engraving, paper watermarked with very largemargins. Plate 260 x 425mm (10¼ x 16¾"). £200View on the Thames at Erith, southeast London; smallpassenger ferries, barges and large naval vessels seenon the water. Naked men swimming on left.From "A Collection of One Hundred Views In Englandand Wales".John Boydell's 'Collection of Views' was made after heturned from engraver to print publisher in 1767. Thefirst collection was issued in 1770, and included someplates by printmakers other than himself. Adams(London): 47.9.Stock: 29302131. One of "The Cedars" HammersmithRoad Miss Fryer's Residence [in penunderneath image.]C.J. Sprat [ink signature to right.] [n.d. c.1835.]Pencil sketch. 279 x 376mm (11 x 14¾"). Laid onalbum sheet. £220