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London : Read & Co., [1855]. A delightful antique print - the Admiralty behind its graceful Adam screen, mounted soldiers, pedestrians, etc., in the foreground. Engraved by William Alexander le Petit (fl.1829-1855) from an original study by the Scottish artist John C. Brown. Originally produced for the scarce part-work series generally known as "The World's Metropolis, or Mighty London, Illustrated by a Series of Views Beautifully Engraved on Steel" (London 1851-1855).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 178 x 233mm (approx. 7" x 9-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/075.

£125

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[London : R. Baldwin, 1773]. An elegant antique print - the Admiralty with the new classical screen by Robert Adam erected in 1759-1761. Engraved by Joseph Collyer and originally produced for John Noorthouck's part-work "A New History of London" (London : 1772-1773).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 92 x 141mm (approx. 3-5/8" x 5-1/2"). Very faint vertical line of indentation, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 51/035B.

£40

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[London : 1837]. An antique print - one of a series of London views that appeared in the popular old "Penny Magazine" in 1837 under the general title "A Looking Glass for London".
Wood engraving paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 103 x 157mm (approx. 4" x 6-1/8"). Very slight show-through of text on verso, otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : J. Mead, 1843]. An attractive antique print - the Lords of the Admiralty in discussion in a room provided with books, instruments and rolled charts on the wall. Engraved by Henry Melville (fl.1826-1844) from a print by Thomas Rowlandson, reproduced from Ackermann's "Microcosm of London" (with minor changes) for the part-work "London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition" (London : 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 161 x 186mm (approx. 6-1/4" x 7-1/4"). A few tiny marks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/047.

£40

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London : Jones & Co., 1830. A handsome antique print - an attractive view of the Admiralty - the Blackheath and Greenwich coach waiting to depart. Engraved by James Tingle (1801-1858) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. From Shepherd's part-work series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 111 x 171mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/014.

£40

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[London : 1766]. An elegant eighteenth century print of the Admiralty, built to Thomas Ripley's design between 1722 and 1726 and here shown as it stood before the addition of Robert Adam's classical screen erected in 1759-1761. Engraved by Thomas Simpson (fl.1765-1799) from a design by Samuel Wale, the first Professor of Perspective of the Royal Academy. Originally produced to accompany John Entick's "A New and Accurate History and Survey of London" (London 1766).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 96 x 140mm (approx. 3-3/4" x 5-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 44/031.

£30

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