View, Antique Print, London, James Bourier’s Grand Hydraulick Water Works, Color-printed Mezzotint, Late 18th C.

A View of the Grand Hydraulick Water Works (as Exhibited at Exeter-Change in the Strand) by James Bourier, Mechanist to the King of Poland
London: Late 18th Century
Color-printed mezzotint
10.5 x 17.5 inches
$375

Well-dressed onlookers observe a demonstration of an magnificent, elaborate fountain, which takes place in Exeter Change in the Strand, a building that stood in London from 1676 to 1829.

Condition: Generally good with the usual light toning, soiling, wear, soft creases. Margins trimmed to subject but leaving title in lower margin. Now set on later larger sheet.