Copper engraving, 38 x 25 cms, engraved by H. Hulsbergh after Campbell, black and white as issued, trivial marginal spotting, blank verso. From the second volume of Vitruvius Britannicus. York Stairs is the last intact water gate on the River Thames and the only remains of the once splendid mansion of the Dukes of Buckingham. Bazalgette’s Victoria Embankment has encroached on the Thames significantly, so that the water gate is now set well back from the river in gardens adjacent to Embankment Station.