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[London : Privately published, 1824]. A scarce and handsome antique print of the foot of Borough High Street - the scene dominated by the church of St. George the Martyr, but with good detail of the bedding warehouse of Simms & Co. at No. 1 Newington Causeway (or Blackman Street as it then was). Below the image is a simple ground plan of the church. Lithographed from a study by Charles Burton and originally produced for Charles Thomas Cracklow's "Lithographic Views of all the Churches and Chapels of Ease in the County of Surrey" 1823-1824. Printed by Peter Simonau of Essex Street, off the Strand.
Lithograph on paper. Principal image area 179 x 187mm (approx. 7" x 7-3/8"). Paper a little browned with age; a few small marks, but otherwise in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£75

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[London : for J. Wilkie & others, 1772]. A handsome antique print of the eighteenth-century church of St. George the Martyr in Southwark. Engraved by Benjamin Cole and originally produced for the part-work edition of William Maitland's "History of London" (London : 1753-1756) - and here in a slightly later impression.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 339 x 230mm (approx. 14-1/8" x 9"). A few faint marks; some very faint creasing; short tear to right-hand margin, reaching image, but overall a very good sharp impression in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/115.

£100

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A charming antique print - a composite view with a medley of individual studies of the galleried courtyards of the old Southwark coaching inns - the Dog and Bear, the King's Head, the Catherine Wheel, the Queen's Head and the George. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 210 x 145mm (approx. 8-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print of the shops along the High Street in the early nineteenth century. From a study (based on an earlier source) 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 106 x 144mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-3/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print of the southern approach to London Bridge, the old houses of Southwark on either side of the street - a wagon heading to the bridge. From a study (based on an earlier source) 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 208 x 144mm (approx. 8-3/8" x 5-7/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An interesting antique print - the courtyard of the notorious old prison in Southwark - "gone now and the world is none the worse without it" (Dickens). Engraved from a study (based on earlier sources) 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 144 x 142mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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London : J. Booth, 1814. A handsome antique print - a well-worked view of the exterior of the eighteenth-century church of St. George the Martyr on Borough High Street. Engraved by Joseph Skelton (1781?-1850) from an original drawing (now in the British Museum) by George Sidney Shepherd. Originally produced for the part-work series "Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini; being a Series of Views" (London : 1810-1823) - "the first artistically competent and exhaustive illustration of the golden age of London church building" (Adams). Below the image are several lines of explanatory text.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 263 x 163mm (approx. 10-3/8" x 6-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/048.

£75

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[London : Jones & Co., 1832]. An antique print - a coach and pair arrives by the eighteenth-century entrance and the forbidding wall of the Southwark Prison - "the most desirable place of incarceration in London" - which used to stand just south of Suffolk Street between Borough High Street and Southwark Bridge Road. Engraved by Thomas Garner (1789-1868) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 118 x 154mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 6-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/147.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1831. An antique print - an attractive view of galleried inn yard of the Talbot Inn on Borough High Street - with the Canterbury and Dover wagon being loaded. The Talbot used to stand next to Guy's Hospital - the name being commemorated by Talbot Yard. Engraved by James Tingle (1801-1858) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 110 x 151mm (approx 4-3/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/164.

£30

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London : Jones & Co., 1830. An antique print - a very attractive view of the old Town Hall on its island site, flanked by the Surrey & Southwark Fire Office, the street busy with pedestrian traffic. Engraved by Richard Winkles (fl.1829-1831) from an original pencil drawing (now in the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. Originally produced for 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 108 x 146mm (approx 4-1/4" x 5-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/035.

£30

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[London : W. H. Allen, 1891]. A handsome and unusual bird's-eye view of the whole length of Borough High Street and Newington Causeway looking south from London Bridge - with the adjacent streets and buildings - London Bridge and Soutwark Cathedral in the foreground, Marshalsea Road in the middle distance, and the Elephant and Castle on the Horizon. Designed by the architectural draughtsman Thomas Sulman (ca.1834-1900), engraved by George William Ruffle (1838-1901), and originally produced for Herbert Fry's "London: Illustrated by Twenty Bird's Eye Views of the Principal Streets" (London, 1891).
Wood engraving on paper, with letter-press shoulder notes. Engraved surface 208 x 120mm (approx. 8-1/4" x 4-3/4"). Minor rubbing and a few tiny stitch-marks to the original vertical fold, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : I. T. Hinton, 1830. A handsome antique print - the church of Holy Trinity in Trinity Church Square, built by Francis Bedford in the 1820s and now used as the Henry Wood Hall - an exterior view of the columned facade, a boy with a hoop in the foreground. Engraved by Richard Winkles (fl.1829-1831) from an original study by Nathaniel Whittock. Originally produced for the partwork series "Picturesque Beauties of the Counties of Surrey & Sussex" (London : 1829-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 116 x 159mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 6-1/4"). A few tiny spots, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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