Bridgerton locations in prints!
Bridgerton is set in the regency era; more precisely 1813. Check out these prints of the filming locations from one of our favourite Netflix shows.
University of Greenwich
The Great Court Of Greenwich Hospital. Plate 80.
Published Sepr 2d 1799, by T. Malton.
Aquatint with etching. Printed area: 275 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed inside plate.
A view with figures and dogs in the grounds of Greenwich Hospital, designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712. The hospital closed in 1869. Between 1873 and 1998 it was the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. A plate to Malton's 'Picturesque Tour', 1792 - 1801. Thomas Malton (1748 - 1804) was an architectural watercolourist and teacher of Thomas Girtin and Joseph Mallord William Turner; also an aquatinter, notably after his own designs of London views. For un-coloured impression, see item ref: 10923. Thomas Malton (1748 - 1804) was an architectural watercolourist and teacher of Thomas Girtin and Joseph Mallord William Turner; also an aquatinter, notably after his own designs of London views.
Abbey Scenery: 204, 80.
[Ref: 33819] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Published Sepr 2d 1799, by T. Malton.
Aquatint with etching. Printed area: 275 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed inside plate.
A view with figures and dogs in the grounds of Greenwich Hospital, designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712. The hospital closed in 1869. Between 1873 and 1998 it was the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. A plate to Malton's 'Picturesque Tour', 1792 - 1801. Thomas Malton (1748 - 1804) was an architectural watercolourist and teacher of Thomas Girtin and Joseph Mallord William Turner; also an aquatinter, notably after his own designs of London views. For un-coloured impression, see item ref: 10923. Thomas Malton (1748 - 1804) was an architectural watercolourist and teacher of Thomas Girtin and Joseph Mallord William Turner; also an aquatinter, notably after his own designs of London views.
Abbey Scenery: 204, 80.
[Ref: 33819] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Also known as the Old Naval College and Greenwich Hospital you may remember the view in Season 2; as it is the scene when London's high society members are strolling anxiously awaiting the latest Lady Whistledown. The delivery boys are shown running about the columns exchanging coins for the papers.
Greenwich Hospital. No.17.
Boydell Delin. & Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, & Sold by J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside London 1753.
Copper engraving, printed on 18th century watermarked paper. Plate 260 x 425mm. 10¼ x 16¾".
The view of Greenwich Hospital from the River Thames, shoing a rowing boat and ships on the river; the Observatory on the Horizon. Wren's design was especially splendid as it was devised to include the Queen's House.
Guildhall: p5374260 .
[Ref: 21498] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Boydell Delin. & Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, & Sold by J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside London 1753.
Copper engraving, printed on 18th century watermarked paper. Plate 260 x 425mm. 10¼ x 16¾".
The view of Greenwich Hospital from the River Thames, shoing a rowing boat and ships on the river; the Observatory on the Horizon. Wren's design was especially splendid as it was devised to include the Queen's House.
Guildhall: p5374260 .
[Ref: 21498] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Landsdown Crescent Bath.
D. Cox Delt. Smart & Sutherland, Sculpt.
London, Published Jany. 1st 1820, by S. & J. Fuller, 34 Rathbone Place.
Aquatint in original colour by hand, very rare; 275 x 325mm. 10¾ x 12¾". An early issue on Whatman paper.
View of the Royal Crescent, Bath, which was designed by John Palmer and built between 1789 and 1793. It enjoys a view over central Bath, being sited on Lansdown Hill near to but higher than the Royal Crescent. From 'Six Views of the City of Bath. From drawings made by David Cox' ("Price £1 10s. In Colours"). David Cox (1783-1859), landscape painter; Cox stayed in Bath in 1819, in 1836 and again in 1840.
Abbey Scenery 44, 3. Bath Central Library Collection IOB 560 1104675272.
[Ref: 27400] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
The home of the Featherington's is supposed to be near the Bridgertons' in London's Grosvenor Square, however the shots of outside their home actually took place in Bath's Royal Crescent.
The Bridgerton Residence
The exterior scenes of the Bridgerton's house were shot in Greenwich/Blackheath at Ranger's House. Previously known as Chesterfield House, its current name is
associated with the Ranger of Greenwich Park, a royal appointment; the
house was the Ranger's official residence for most of the 19th century.
Royal Museums Greenwich have a great print: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-203494
Unfortunately we currently (at this time of writing) don't have any prints catalogued of Ranger's/Chesterfield House however we may have some uncatalogued ones in a folder. Please enquire if interested.
However we do have prints of Grosvenor Square where the Bridgerton house is set.
Grosvenor Square [London]. Pl.91.
Published July 28, 1800 by T. Malton.
Hand-coloured aquatint with etching, image 215 x 310mm. 8½ x 12¼". Some finger soiling to wide margins. Lower edge a little ragged.
The north side of Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London. It is the centrepiece of the Mayfair property of the Duke of Westminster, and takes its name from their surname, "Grosvenor". From 'A Picturesque Tour Through the Cities of London and Westminster, illustrated With the most interesting Views, accurately delineated And executed in Aquatinta by Thomas Malton', 1792 - 1801. Thomas Malton (1748 - 1804) was an architectural watercolourist and teacher of Thomas Girtin and Joseph Mallord William Turner; also an aquatinter, notably after his own designs of London views.
Abbey Scenery: 204, 91.
[Ref: 26226] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Hampton Court Palace
The scenes depicting Queen Charlotte's Buckingham House gardens were actually filmed at Hampton Court Palace.
A View of the Royal Palace of Hampton Court. Vüe du Palais Royal de Hampton Court.
Rigaud delin. Parr sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 265 x 400mm (10½ x 15¾"), very large margins. Tear just entering inscription area at bottom. Stain.
A view of Christopher Wren's additions to Hampton Court Palace, with promenaders.
Provenance: Thomas Pitt 1st Baron Camelford
[Ref: 45287] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Buckingham House in St Iames Park]
[Sutton Nicholls sculp]
[c.1728]
Engraving, sheet 300 x 470mm (11¾ x 18½"). Trimmed inside platemark, losing text and coat of arms; creasing; border drawn by hand at edges; label with ms identifying location pasted verso. Very rare and scarce.
Buckingham House in Westminster, London, built in 1703 as a townhouse for the Duke of Buckingham. It was acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte. During the 19th century considerable alterations and enlargements were made to the residence by George IV, and in 1837 it became the official royal residence of Queen Victoria, now known as Buckingham Palace. Early view of the residence, engraved by Sutton Nicholls. While the plate is best-known for its appearance in the famous 1754 volume of Stowe's Survey of London, it had been sold individually by the publisher John Bowles since 1728.
For uncut later impression see ref. 26386.
[Ref: 38463] £450.00
The Royal Academy
In season 2 of Bridgerton Benedict joins the Royal Academy.
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Painting, in the Year 1771. From an Original Drawing in the Possession of Rob.t Sayer. [&] The Inside of the Pantheon in Oxford Road. L'Intérior du Panthéon de Londres. From an Original Drawing in the Possession of Rob.t Sayer.
Chas. Brandoin inv.t. et delin. Rich.d Earlom fecit. R. Sayer Excudit.
London, Printed for Robt. Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 20 May 1772 [& 30 August 1772].
Pair of mezzotints, fine impression. Each sheet: 470 x 555mm (18½ x 22"). Cut to image. Overall paper tone and pin holes. Crease on Pantheon.
A fine pair of satires on the contemporary social scene, showing the well-do-do at the Royal Academy and Pantheon. In the Royal Academy view James Barry's 'Temptation of Adam' takes pride of place on the walls. The Pantheon was a place of public entertainment on the south side of Oxford Street, designed by James Wyatt. It opened in 1772, when the main rotunda was one of the largest rooms in England. Orginally built as a set of winter assembly rooms, it was later briefly converted into a theatre. Before being demolished in 1937, it was a bazaar and a wine merchant's show room for over a hundred years. Michel Vincent Brandoin (1733 - 1790), known as Charles Brandoin, was a Swiss painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, and caricaturist who working out of London.
[Ref: 40707] £1,750.00
He is even shown participating in life drawing classes such as this one:
An Academy.
John Mortimer pinxit. S.F.Ravenet sculpsit. John Boydell excudit.
Published November 1st 1771, by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Line engraving. 510 x 430mm (20 x 17"), fine with very wide margins. Repaired tear to right margin.
A life class at the Royal Academy, with a nude male model. The print was used as a frontispiece to 'Sculptura Brittanica', one of Boydell's collections of prints engraved after 'The Most Capital Paintings in England'.
Sunderland: 49.
[Ref: 27326] £680.00
Castle Howard
Castle Howard in Yorkshire the Seat of the Right
Honourable the Earl of Carlisle &c:
Ca: Campbell Delin: [Engraved by H: Hulsbergh?] [n.d. c.1725.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark.
245 x 485mm (9¾ x 19"), very large margins. Tear entering image on right
repaired. Crease in centre as normal. An elevation of the front of Castle Howard, designed Sir John
Vanbrugh for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle and built between 1699 and 1712,
published in Colen Campbell's 'Vitruvius Britannicus'.From 1845 until the 1950s the estate was served by its own
railway station. The building's grandure was put to good use representing
Evelyn Waugh's 'Brideshead' in both the 1981 TV and the 2008 film adaptations
of 'Brideshead Revisited'.
[Ref: 58768] £130
Clyvedon Castle is actually a fictional place that Daphne and Simon move to after they marry in season one. However the actual filming location was Castle Howard.
Windsor Great Park.
The Moat Island.
T. Sandby Delin. F. Vivares Sculp.[n.d., c.1754-5.]
Etching with hand colour, 18th century watermark. 340 x 580mm (13¼ x 22¾"), with large margins. A
view of Moat Island, with the Duke of Cumberland in the centre with his
guests. Behind is a pleasure pavilion he had had built for his personal
use. To the left workmen are clearing up leaves. From the folio 'Eight
Views of Windsor Great Park' by Thomas Sandby (1723-98). Thomas Sandby
had been private secretary and draughtsman to Cimberland since 1743,
and when Cumberland was made Ranger Thomas was made his deputy. While he
laid out improvements to the Park, including the creation of Virginia
Water from a stream, he drew these eight scenes. The series was
reissued by Boydell in 1772 with his address added.
[Ref: 49806] £340.00
Great Windsor Park is where the scene Anthony Bridgerton chased down Kate Sharma on horseback was filmed as well as those in later episodes
where the pair are searching for the Pall Mall ball in the woods outside
Aubrey Hall. However the actual location was supposed to be Battersea Fields and Hyde Park's Rotten Row in London.
Scenes depicting poorer hubs in London were filmed at the Historic Chatham Dockyard in Kent. Also the movies "Les Miserables" and "Sherlock Holmes" also filmed scenes here.
Stowe Park
Vauxhall Garden.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J. Bluck, aquat.
London Pub. Octr. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 280 x 230mm (11 x 9"), large margins. Tear into image.
An illuminated band stand at Vauxhall Gardens, a pleasure garden and one of the leading venues for public entertainment in London from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century. Revellers dance in the foreground. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 88.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 89.
[Ref: 56119] £160.00
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