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London : F. West, [1797 (but later)]. A large and handsome antique print of the eighteenth century Bank, showing the addition of Taylor's east and west wings. A liveried coach and pair dominates the foreground. Originally published by the "Bowles & Carver" partnership of St. Paul's Churchyard and here in a slightly later impression (dating from about 1830) published by Francis West of Fleet Street.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 293 x 428mm (approx. 11-1/2" x 16-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 193/020. Bank 32 (Plate VII).

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[London : R. Baldwin], 1773. An elegant eighteenth-century print - Threadneedle Street and the exterior of the Bank, with James Taylor's new east wing, flanked by the old churches of St. Christopher-le-Stocks (demolished after the Gordon Riots in 1781) and St. Bartholomew by the Exchange. 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 160 x 191mm (approx 6-1/4" x 7-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 51/014. Bank 16.

£125

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[London : 1870]. An attractive interior of the Bank of England, with a bewhiskered attendant demonstrating the delicate Victorian equipment used for weighing coin. Originally produced for "The Graphic" of 26th November 1870.
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 149 x 99mm (approx. 5-7/8" x 3-7/8"). Text on verso, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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[London : 1844]. An unusual antique print - a view towards the Bank and Threadneedle Street, the Royal Exchange and Cornhill - before the clearing of the open space in front of the present Exchange. With good detail of the eighteenth century Bank of England. Originally issued with the "Illustrated London News" in August 1844.
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 148 x 234mm (approx. 5-7/8" x 9-1/4"). Text on verso. Some very minor creasing, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Illustrated London News, 1872]. A wood-engraving from the "Illustrated London News" showing two Bank empoyees tending the elaborate Victorian equipment used for weighing gold.
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 173 x 235mm (approx. 6-7/8" x 9-1/4"). Text on verso, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : ca.1820]. A detailed antique print offering two views of the machine for numbering and dating banknotes invented by Joseph Bramah (1749-1814) in 1806. At least thirty of these machines were purchased by the Bank of England. Engraved by the Edinburgh engraver John Moffat from an original drawing by the younger John Farey. Originally produced for the part-work edition of Abraham Rees' "The Cyclopaedia, or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature" (London, 1802-1820).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 251 x 190mm (approx. 9-7/8" x 7-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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London : for the Proprietors, by J. Mead, [1843]. An attractive antique print - an interior of the nineteenth-century Bank of England - clerks bent to their work under large £5 placards. Engraved by Henry Melville (fl.1826-1844) from an original study by Sir John Gilbert R.A. Originally produced for the part-work series "London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition" (London : 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 150 x 181mm (approx. 5-7/8" x 7-1/8"). A few faint marks to outer blank margins, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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[London : J. Cooke, 1770]. An elegant eighteenth century print of Threadneedle Street and the exterior of the Bank, with James Taylor's new east wing, flanked by the old churches of St. Christopher-le-Stocks (demolished after the Gordon Riots in 1781) and St. Bartholomew by the Exchange. Engraved by Adam Smith (fl.1763-1770) from an original study by Thomas Malton. Originally engraved for the John Cooke part-work publication, Henry Chamberlain, "A New and Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster" (London 1770).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 185 x 254mm (approx. 7-1/4" x 10"). Cropped to neatlines, with the loss of margins, title and credits; remargined for insertion in an album - and with an old and slightly erroneous manuscript title at head; faint vertical crease; otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 48/033. Bank 17.

£100

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[?Neuchatel : ca. 1900]. A striking antique print - a view of the heart of the City of London from the roof of a cab - the Bank of England to the left - the Royal Exchange to the right - the junction alive with horse-drawn traffic and parasols. Originally produced for an unidentified German-language publication.
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 231 x 327mm (approx. 9-1/8" x 12-7/8"). Tiny crease at head, slight nick at left, paper just a touch tanned, but overall in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£200

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Hildburghausen : [1836]. A delightful antique print - a lively street scene with carriages and crowded pavements in front of the recently completed new south facade of the Bank by Sir John Soane. The lottery office of Richardson & Goodluck can be seen on the south side of Threadneedle Street. Originally produced for Meyer's ambitious series "Universum oder Abbildung und Beschreibung des Sehenswerthesten ... der Natur und Kunst" (Hildburghausen 1833-1860).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 115 x 165mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Faint creases just affecting margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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[London : Alexander Hogg, ca.1786]. A handsome antique print - the Bank of England with the addition of Sir Robert Taylor's new west wing, erected after the demolition of St. Christopher's in 1781. The view is set with an engraved frame of scrolls and husks. Engraved by John Peltro and originally produced for Hogg's partwork publication "The New, Complete, and Universal History, Description and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster" (1784) - but here in a slightly later impression with the addition of Peltro's name.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 187 x 280mm (approx. 7-3/8" x 11"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 61/031. Bank 22.

£150

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London : J. Sewell, 1796. An attractive and uncommon antique print - a cross-section of Soane's domed Rotunda - seemingly taken from his original drawings. The Rotunda served for many years as the market-place for the buying and selling of stocks. Even after 1801, when members of the Stock Exchange opened their own building, this use continued until the Bank finally outlawed the rowdy jobbers and brokers in 1838. Engraved by the London draughtsman, engraver, printer and printseller, T. Prattent (fl.1790-1819), who had premises in Cloth Fair. Originally produced for the "European Magazine".
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 160 x 108mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 4-1/4"). Some very mild browning, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant Victorian print - the old Bank of England, at the head of Threadneedle Street, flanked by the long disappeared churches of St. Christopher-le-Stocks and St. Bartholomew by the Exchange. From a study (itself based on an earlier print) by William Henry Prior and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 105 x 143mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A Victorian print of the exterior of the Bank of England "Parlour", with a pleasant garden outside the windows. Engraved from an original sketch by William Henry Prior. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 105 x 142mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. An attractive antique print of the crossroads at the heart of the City of London - the Bank of England and Threadneedle Street to the left - the Royal Exchange and Cornhill to the right - the streets alive with carriages, hawkers and bustle. Engraved from an original study by Edward Pugh, and originally produced for Phillips' "Modern London : Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis" (London : 1804).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 147 x 185mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 7-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/014. Bank 37.

£100

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. An attractive antique print of Soane's domed Rotunda in the Bank of England - alive with brokers, jobbers, traders and trading. The Rotunda served for many years as the market-place for the buying and selling of stocks. Even after 1801, when members of the Stock Exchange opened their own building, this use continued until the Bank finally outlawed the rowdy jobbers and brokers in 1838. Engraved by Edward Edwards (1738-1806) from an original study by Edward Pugh, and originally produced for Phillips' part-work "Modern London : Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis" (London : 1804).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 199 x 125mm (approx. 7-7/8" x 5"). A few faint marks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/013. Bank 168.

£75

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Leipzig : [ca.1810]. An interesting and uncommon antique print - the Great Hall of the Bank of England - a lively crowd transact their business. The view is based on that made by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson in 1808 - but is here in a close copy (credited to Pugin alone) engraved by Johann Gottlieb Boettger (1763-1825) for the German market.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 221 x 257mm (approx. 8-3/4" x 10-1/8"). A few trifling marks, small sticker on verso, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£200

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Paris : Maison Martinet, [1862]. A scarce and handsome antique print - a lively view of the heart of the City of London - The Royal Exchange, with the head of Cornhill to the right and the Bank of England to the left. Originally produced for Charles Riviere's fine series of "Vues de Londres" (Paris 1862).
Tint lithograph on paper. Image area 178 x 261mm (approx. 7" x 10-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£285

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[London : Read & Co., 1851]. A scarce and handsome antique print - the Threadneedle Street facade of the Bank of England, the foreground busy with pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic, London omnibuses, etc. The offices of Britannia Life can be seen to the left on the corner of Princes Street. Engraved by William Edward Albutt (fl.1836-1863) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for the 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. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 172 x 221mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 8-3/4"). A few tiny marks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/036. Bank 117.

£250

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London : Jones & Co., 1827. A delightful antique print - a lively street scene with carriages and crowded pavements in front of the recently completed new south facade of the Bank by Sir John Soane. The lottery office of Richardson & Goodluck can be seen on the south side of Threadneedle Street. Engraved by William Tombleson (fl.1824-1846) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. From Shepherd's part-work series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 106 x 158mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 6-1/4"). One small and faint mark in lower margin, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/002. Bank 83.

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London : Jones & Co., 1827. A delightful antique print - a lively street scene with carriages and crowded pavements in front of the recently completed new south facade of the Bank by Sir John Soane. The lottery office of Richardson & Goodluck can be seen on the south side of Threadneedle Street. Engraved by William Tombleson (fl.1824-1846) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd's part-work series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 106 x 158mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 6-1/4"). One small and faint mark in lower margin, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/002. Bank 83.

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A delightful antique print - a lively street scene with a carriage and crowded pavements in front of Sir John Soane's East (Bartholomew Lane) facade of the Bank - jobbers from the Stock Exchange across the road walk over to the Bank. Engraved by William Wallis (fl.1816-1855) from an original drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. Originally produced for Shepherd's series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 104 x 153mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/089. Bank 75.

£50

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A delightful antique print - a lively street scene with carriages and crowded pavements in front of Sir John Soane's Tivoli Corner - the corner of the Bank at the angle of Princes Street and Lothbury. Engraved by William Wallis (fl.1816-1855) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864), the master recorder of 19th century London. Originally produced for Shepherd's series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 104 x 156mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 6-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/088. Bank 65.

£50

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[London : J. Mead, 1842]. A highly attractive antique print of Soane's domed Rotunda within the Bank of England - Dividend Day, the circular counter busy with activity. The Rotunda served for many years as the market-place for the buying and selling of stocks. Even after 1801, when members of the Stock Exchange opened their own building, this use continued until the Bank finally outlawed the rowdy jobbers and brokers in 1838. Engraved by John Shury (fl.1815-1849) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for the part-work "London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition" (London : 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 199 x 131mm (approx. 7-7/8" x 5-1/8"). One tiny mark in lower margin, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/019. Bank of England Catalogue 172.

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London : J. Stratford, 1808. An early nineteenth century antique print - a study of the new Consols Office in the Bank of England - engraved by John Roffe (1769-1850) from an original drawing by Soane himself. Originally produced for James Stratford's part-work series "London; being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and its Neighbourhood ... by David Hughson" (London 1805-1810). "Hughson" was in fact the pseudonym of David Pugh.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 107 x 165mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 6-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 94/027. Bank 181.

£40

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[London : 1809]. An antique print of Soane's refashioned courtyards within the Bank of England. Engraved by the Scottish engraver John Burnet (1784-1868) from an original study by the painter and architect James Robert Thompson (fl.1806-1848). Originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 122 x 159mm (approx. 4-3/4" x 6-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 104/023. Bank of England 127.

£25

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[London : 1756]. A handsome antique print of the elevations (completed by George Sampson in 1734) of the eighteenth century Bank of England on Threadneedle Street in the City of London. The most detailed of the few surviving prints of Sampson's nucleus, the engraving shows the original front with the courtyard and bullion court behind. Drawn by Robert West (fl.1734-1739) and originally engraved, in his usual formal architectural style, by William Henry Toms (fl.1723-1758) for William Maitland's "The History of London, from its Foundation" (London 1739), but here in a later and altered state - with the names of Both West and Toms burnished out.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 350 x 215mm (approx. 13-3/4" x 8-1/2"). Trimmed close to neatlines and re-margined, but a fine and sharp impression in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 33/015 - 38/020. Bank 11 (Plate III).

£200

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