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[London : R. Baldwin], 1772. A handsome antique map of the adjacent wards of Walbrook and Dowgate in the heart of the City of London, running north from the Thames and the site of the modern Cannon Street Station as far as Lombard Street. The area covered takes in parts of Upper Thames Street and Cannon Street, Dowgate Hill, Walbrook, St. Stephen Walbrook and the Mansion House. The map is decorated with a rococo cartouche and vignette views of St. Stephen Walbrook and St. Michael College Hill. Originally produced for John Noorthouck's part-work "A New History of London including Westminster and Southwark" (London : 1772-1773). Other maps in this series were engraved by Thomas Bowen and this would also appear to be his work.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 184 x 235mm (approx. 7-1/4" x 9-1/4"). Small marke to outer blank margins, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 51/021. Hyde (Ward Maps) 109.

£75

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[London : 1756]. A handsome antique print - a plain and elegant depiction of the old Wren church of St. Swithin in Cannon Street. 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. Engraved surface 237 x 133mm (approx. 9-3/8" x 5-1/4"). Trimmed tight to margins, a few minor marks, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. An Victorian print looking westwards along Cannon Street from outside the railway station towards St. Paul's. 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 210 x 162mm (approx. 8-1/4" x 6-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. An atmospheric antique print of the busy Victorian platforms and waiting steam trains. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker (1862-1934) 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 158 x 219mm (approx. 6-1/4" x 8-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Cassell & Co., 1878]. A handsome antique print of the imposing Victorian facade of Cannon Street Station, the courtyard alive with pedestrian and horse-drawn traffic. Drawn and lithographed by "Maclure & Macdonald" as a supplementary presentation plate for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Lithograph on paper. Engraved surface 145 x 197mm (approx 5-3/4" x 7-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : 1852]. A pleasant small antique print - Cannon Street and the old Wren church (destroyed in 1941) at the corner of St. Swithin's Lane. An engraving from the workshop of A.H.Payne, originally produced for Payne's "Illustrated London, or a Series of Views in the British Metropolis and its Vicinity" (London: 1846-1847), and here in a slightly later impression dating from 1852.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 67 x 86mm (approx. 2-5/8" x 3-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/080B.

£20

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London : for the Proprietors by W. Clarke, 1807. A pleasant small antique print - the ancient London Stone. Engraved by William Bernard Cooke (1778-1855) from an original study by Samuel Prout. Originally produced for the part-work series "The Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet" (London 1807-1811).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 97 x 59 (approx. 3-7/8" x 2-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. A small antique print - the stone of legend - the heart of London and traditionally the first milestone of the kingdom. Engraved by James Baylis Allen (1803-1876) from an original drawing (now in the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. From 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 100 x 72mm (approx. 4" x 2-7/8"). Trimmed tight, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/039.

£20

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A charming antique print - a pleasant view looking north up Martin Lane, with the old church of St. Martin Orgar - a church particularly associated with the French Huguenots in the latter part of its history. Engraved by James Baylis Allen (1803-1876) from an original pencil drawing (now in the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. Originally produced for Shepherd's part-work series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1829-1832) - a work discreetly advertised on the wall of the church-yard.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 112 x 73mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 2-7/8"). In fine and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/108.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A lively antique print - an animated view of Cannon Street busy with traffic and the old Wren church (destroyed in 1941) at the corner of St. Swithin's Lane. The celebrated "London Stone" is clearly seen set in the wall of the church. Engraved by James Tingle (1801-1858) from an original pencil drawing (now in the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. 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 96 x 148mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/136.

£30

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London : N. Smith, 1791. An unusual antique print of the legendary stone - engraved by John Thomas "Antiquity" Smith, draughtsman, etcher, author, scholar and later Keeper of Prints at the British Museum, and published by his father, Nathaniel Smith the "antient printseller", as part of their "Antiquities of London and Environs" series (1791-1800).
Etching and engraving on paper. Engraved surface 209 x 140mm (approx. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Extracted from an album and with adhesion marks on verso; timmed to neatlines, and with some minor wear, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 70/002.

£25

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