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[London : Fisher, Son & Co., 1830]. A most attractive antique print - horses haul boats across the aqueduct. Engraved by Thomas Dixon (fl.1826-1838) from an original study by the gifted Thomas Allom (1804-1872). Originally produced for the part-work series "Devonshire Illustrated" (London 1828-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 111 x 155mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : William S. Orr & Co., 1856]. An attractive antique print - a steam train on the newly-built railway station - long-boats on the Grand Union canal to the right. Engraved by Edward Radclyffe (1810?-1863) from an original study by George Haydock Dodgson, himself once an apprentice of George Stephenson. Originally produced for Thomas Roscoe's "The London and Birmingham Railway" (London : 1839) - and here in a slightly later impression from a lithographic transfer.
Lithograph on paper. Engraved surface 105 x 151mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : for the Authors, 1770]. An appealing and interesting antique print - the Bridgewater Canal and the original Barton Aqueduct at Salford - the first true canal and the first barge-aqueduct in England - and perhaps the starting-point of the Industrial Revolution. Originally produced for the part-work publication "England Displayed" (London : 1769-1770).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 163 x 237mm (approx. 6-1/2" x 9-1/4"). One tiny identation, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£75

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[London : 1860]. A pleasant small antique print - the Dee winds below a bridge in the foreground - the Thomas Telford aqueduct beyond. Originally produced for 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. Engraved surface 83 x 107mm (approx. 3-1/4" x 4-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A highly attractive antique print of the early industrial landscape of the City Road Basin by Pickfords Wharf - warehouses, bridge, smoking chimneys, St. Luke Old Street in the distance and in the foreground a handsome Pickford's barge. Engraved by Frederick James Havell (1801-1840) from an original study 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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 96 x 150mm (approx. 3-3/4" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/058.

£40

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London : Jones & Co., 1827. A highly attractive antique print of the early industrial landscape - locks, bridge, tunnel, smoking chimneys and in the foreground two handsome Pickford's barges. Engraved by Frederick James Havell (1801-1840) from an original pencil and water-colour drawing (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of ninteenth-century London. Originally produced for 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 148mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/024.

£40

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A highly attractive antique print of barges manoeuvering at Limehouse Basin (the Regent's Canal Dock). Engraved by Frederick James Havell (1801-1840) from an original pencil and water-colour drawing (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for Shepherd's series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 102 x 152mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 6"). Faint mark in lower right-hand margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/059.

£40

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[London : Jones & Co., 1828]. An antique print - a canal barge floats past the newly built gas works at Camden Town - "an immense pile of buildings ... in the road leading to Kentish Town". Originally produced for Shepherd's series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1827-1830). Engraved by Alexander McClatchie (fl.1828-1861) from an original sepia wash drawing (now in the British Museum) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 99 x 149mm (approx. 4" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/154.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A delightful antique print - a lively canal scene, with barges, a horse on the towpath, etc. Engraved by Samuel Lacey (1786-1859) from an original pencil and watercolour drawing (now in the Museum of London) 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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 96 x 152mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/078.

£40

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London : Jones & Co., 1827. A highly attractive antique print of Limehouse Basin (the Regent's Canal Dock), with ships and lighters on the water and the Hawksmoor church beyond. Engraved by Frederick James Havell (1801-1840) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for Shepherd's series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 96 x 148mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/023.

£40

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London : Jones & Co., 1827. A very attractive antique print - a Pickford's barge on the Grand Union Canal approaches the bridge (near the North Gate of the Park). Engraved by Robert Acon (1792-1880) from an original study (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd's series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 102 x 149mm (approx. 4" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/012.

£30

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[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. A pleasant antique print - the backs of the Nash houses, and a horse on the towpath drawing a barge along the old southern spur of the canal. Engraved by William Radclyffe (1783-1855) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth century London. From Shepherd's series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 99 x 152mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/130.

£30

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[London : Charles Tilt, 1830]. A most attractive antique print - a view of the church and the surrounding houses from the lock gates - originally produced for the part-work series "Great Britain Illustrated" (London 1828-1830). Engraved by Edward Francis (fl.1828-1830) from an original drawing by William Westall A.R.A. (1781-1850).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 93 x 145mm (approx. 3-5/8" x 5-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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