ANTIQUE PRINTS OF BART'S HOSPITAL AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
43 HURON ROAD
LONDON SW17 8RE
UNITED KINGDOM

[London : 1724 (but later)]. A handsome antique print - a bird's-eye view of the famous hospital, its inner courtyards and the adjacent buildings. An engraved explanatory text (dated 1723) gives a brief description and history of the hospital - "it appears that in the year last past, 3,381 persons were cured & discharged". Originally produced as one of the "Several Prospects of the most noted Publick Buildings, in and about the City of London" published by John Bowles in 1724 - but here in a later impression on wove paper dating from the early nineteenth century.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 171 x 214mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 8-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1756]. A handsome antique print - a composite design giving at the top the south elevation of Bart's Hospital, in the centre a ground plan of the intended new buildings, and at the foot the east elevation. Also incorporated in the design are the arms of the hospital and those of John Tuff, the eighteenth century treasurer. Originally engraved by Benjamin Cole (fl.1723-1767) for the part-work edition of William Maitland's "History of London" (London: 1753-1756).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 366 x 245mm (approx. 14-3/8" x 9-5/8"). Trimmed a little close; tiny nicks and small hole to right-hand margin; faint tanning to extreme outer edges, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/033.

£200

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A Victorian print - wagons piled high and the hospital to the left. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker and engraved in Paris by Ch. Guillaume & Cie. for the Leadenhall Press publication "London City" (1891).
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Image area 163 x 220mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 8-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : T. Hughes, 1805. A neatly worked antique print showing the imposing gatehouse of the hospital. Engraved by S. Owen (fl. 1796-1838) from an original study by the London draughtsman, engraver, printer and printseller, T. Prattent (fl.1790-1819), who had premises in nearby Cloth Fair. Originally produced for B. Lambert, "The History and Survey of London and its Environs from the Earliest Period ..." (London 1805-1806).
Etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 151 x 87mm (approx. 6" x 3-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 96/036.

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