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Lot 193 THE PROPERTY OF THE 18TH EARL OF PERTH
English School, mid-18th Century
A view of the Thames at Putney Bridge, from the Fulham bank, with the Swan Inn
Closed8 July 2009
Price Realised
GBP 18,750
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Specialist note
A similar subject is engraved and illustrated in Hugh Phillips, The Thames about 1750, London, 1951, p. 171, fig. 194. The bell under the roof of the toll-house was put up in 1730, so that toll collectors could ring for assistance when attacked by highwaymen, or unruly travellers.