Edward Dayes (1763–1804), The Royal Exchange, London
, Watercolor, over pencil; framing lines in pen and black ink, Purchased on the Director's Fund in honor of Mrs. Vincent Astor
, 1986.44
Dayes, one of the leading topographical artists working at the end of the eighteenth century, was employed to record views for various projects. This highly finished subject is one of a number of architectural views of London made by the artist in the mid-1790s, many of which were later published in Hunter's History of London, 1811.