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London : R. Ackermann, 1815. A charming antique print of Blackfriars Bridge from the west, with the spires of the city churches beyond. Originally produced for the October 1815 issue of Ackermann's fashionable magazine, "The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics".
Aquatint on paper, with full original hand colour. Engraved surface 130 x 193mm (approx. 5-1/8" x 7-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 117/070.

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[London : 1793]. A scarce and handsome antique print - an elevated prospect of Blackfriars Bridge from the south, with the banks of the Thames westwards from St. Bride's - originally published as the central section of the published version of the Barkers' panorama "London from the Roof of the Albion Mills" (London, 1792-1793). Engraved by Frederick Birnie (fl.1790-1793) from the Barkers' original drawings - the Irishman Robert Barker being regarded as the inventor of the panorama.
Aquatint on paper. Engraved surface 311 x 481mm (approx. 12-1/4" x 19"). Laid down and remargined, a few faint marks and small flaws, but overall in very good and clean state and a nice impression of a scarce item. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£400

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[London : Richard Phillips, 1804]. A most attractive antique print - a boy crossing-sweeper solicits a halfpenny on Blackfriars Bridge - St. Paul's looms beyond. Engraved from an original study by William Marshall Craig (fl.1788-1828), water-colour painter to Queen Charlotte. Originally produced for Phillips' part-work "Modern London : Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis" (London : 1804), but here in a slightly later impression with the outer ruled border, imprint and credit burnished out.
Etching, line and stipple engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface (including double-rule outer border) 116 x 78mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 3-1/8"). Some spotting to sky and outer blank margins, but otherwise in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/046 - not listing this variant.

£40

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[London] : Cassell & Co., 1878]. A handsome antique print of Blackfriars Bridge from the south-west - the skyline dominated by St. Paul's Cathedral in the distance - the foreground busy with river traffic. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate plate for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 131 x 196mm (approx. 5-1/4" x 7-3/4"). A few faint marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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[London : ca.1760]. A handsome and unusual antique print - a long elevation of the design for Blackfriars Bridge as proposed by Robert Mylne (1734-1811) - subsequently built and opened to traffic in 1769.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 154 x 502mm (approx. 6-1/8" x 19-3/4"). Old folds and slight creases; some minor wear and repair to outer edges, but overall in very good state.

£125

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[London : 1860]. A pleasant antique print - the row of buildings on the east side of the road leading to Blackfriars Bridge - the offices of the Crown Life Assurance Company given some prominence to the left. Originally produced for the publisher John Tallis's "London Street Views" (1838 on) and reissued with Thomas Dugdale's part-work survey published as "The Curiosities of Great Britain" or "England Delineated" in various formats between 1838 and 1860.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 73 x 107mm (approx. 2-7/8" x 4-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 186/002.

£25

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[London : R. Godfrey], 1775. A handsome antique print of the original Blackfriars Bridge (by Robert Mylne) in the course of building - the stone arches rising on the south side of the Thames and a temporary wooden structure joining them from the north. Dated 1775 in the plate (although probably a slightly later printing). Drawn, engraved and published by Richard Bernard Godfrey (b.1728).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 168 x 208mm (approx. 6-5/8" x 8-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. An atmospheric antique print - a view across the Thames to the old City of London School, Blackfriars Bridge and St. Paul's - lights reflected on the water, etc. 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 161 x 220mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 8-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. An attractive Victorian print of the river front of the old City of London School at the eastern end of the Embankment near Blackfriars Bridge. 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. Later hand colour. Image area 161 x 219mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 8-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Cassell, 1878]. A handsome antique print of Blackfriars Bridge from the south-west - the skyline dominated by St. Paul's Cathedral in the distance - the foreground busy with river traffic. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate plate for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Lithograph on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 145 x 196mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 7-3/4"). A few faint marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : J. Stratford, 1809. A pleasant antique print - a view across Blackfriars Bridge towards Southwark and the South Bank. Engraved by Richard Roffe (1781-1846) from an original study by Robert Blemmel Schnebbelie (fl.1803-1849). Originally produced for the part-work by "Dr David Hughson" [David Pugh] known as "London; being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis" (London : 1805-1809).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 101 x 167mm (approx. 4" x 6-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 93/053.

£30

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London : C. Taylor , 1795. An unusual circular late eighteenth century print of the bridge from the east, with river traffic in the foreground. Originally produced as one of a series of London prints included by Charles Taylor in his magazine "The Temple of Taste" between 1794 and 1796, and later re-issued as "The Public Edifices of the British Metropolis" (London 1820).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 127mm (approx. 5 inches) in diameter. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 135/019.

£40

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