Description: This was Thomas Robins first dated drawing of Bath (1747). During the interim between the drawing and the print the old houses at the back had been demolished to make way for new mid-Georgian buildings. Handwritten annotations: 1. Arcade or Chair Way to the Baths, 2. Principal Entrance to the Baths, 3. Cross, 4. Public Pumping Room, 5. Statue of Bladud, 6. Entrance to the Queen's Bath, 7. Way to Stall St., 8. Suppe's Public House, kept by Happy Dick.
Robins, Pinxt. W. Elliott Sculp. Printed for John Ryall, at Hogarth's head in Fleet Street. See Image Refs. 11450 and 45175.