ANTIQUE PRINTS OF CHARING CROSS AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
43 HURON ROAD
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UNITED KINGDOM

London : Richard Phillips, 1804. An unusual antique print - an itinerant seller of door-mats and table-mats made of rope or rush cries his wares. Beyond him at Charing Cross are the equestrian statue Charles I and the corner of Northumberland House. 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).
Aquatint, line and stipple engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface (including quadruple-rule outer border) 132 x 102mm (approx. 5-1/4" x 4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/033 - but here in a variant state, without Craig's name.

£40

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[London : 1878]. A handsome antique print of the exterior of the instantly recognizable station - policemen on horseback, carriages and a swarm of passengers. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 147 x 199mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 7-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : 1878]. A handsome antique print of the exterior of the instantly recognizable station - policemen on horseback, carriages and a swarm of passengers. 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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 131 x 200mm (approx. 5-1/8" x 7-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Cassell, 1878]. An antique print - a view of the south-east corner of Trafalgar Square - still at this time dominated by old Northumberland House - topped with the Percy lion now removed to Syon House - the grand ducal palace in the process of demolition to make way for Northumberland Avenue. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate to the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Lithograph on paper. Printed surface 135 x 201mm (approx. 5-3/8" x 7-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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London : John Harris, 1815. An attractive antique print - traffic on horse and foot passes the Stand facade of the great ducal palace at Charing Cross. Engraved by John Shury (fl.1815-1849) from an original study by John Preston Neale. Originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (London : 1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 112 x 155mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 6-1/8"). Trimmed a little tight at foot, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 104/074.

£25

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A pleasant small antique print - Hungerford Market at Charing Cross - a view from the Thames - small craft in the foreground. 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.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 65 x 86mm (approx. 2-5/8" x 3-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/035A.

£20

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An interesting antique print - the old Golden Cross coaching inn that used to stand at what is now the south-east corner of Trafalgar Square and the adjacent buildings. Engraved 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 143 x 210mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 8-1/4"). Text on verso. A few faint marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A very attractive antique print showing the newly laid out gardens, etc. Engraved from an original study by William Henry Prior, and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 142 x 205mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1830. A handsome antique print of the graceful and still-surviving gate (also known as the York Watergate) built in 1626 and now cut off from the Thames by the Embankment Gardens. Engraved by Josiah Henshall (fl.1827-1863) 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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 108 x 150mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/037.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1830. A most attractive antique print of the old Hungerford Market, which once stood on the site of Charing Cross Railway Station. The view is dominated by baskets of vegetables in the foreground and the busy dairy of Thomas Olley - with a glimpse of the Thames beyond. Engraved by Thomas Barber (fl.1818-1846) 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 114 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 5-7/8"). A couple of tiny marks to extreme lower margin, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/016.

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London : Read & Co., [1851]. A handsome antique print - Brunel's short-lived suspension bridge (built 1841-1845 but replaced by the Charing Cross Railway Bridge within twenty years, the chains being incorporated in Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge) - as seen from the south-east, the old Hungerford Market (the site of Charing Cross Station) and Nelson's Column on the skyline beyond. Engraved by the otherwise unrecorded H. S. Barnard from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for the part-work series generally known as "The World's Metropolis, or Mighty London, Illustrated by a Series of Views Beautifully Engraved on Steel" (London : 1851-1855).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 167 x 226mm (approx. 6-5/8" x 8-7/8"). Very faint and minor crease to lower margin, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/023.

£100

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A pleasing antique print - the new buildings on the corner of Cockspur Street on the west side of what was to become Trafalgar Square. Engraved by Thomas Barber (fl.1818-1846) from an original drawing (now in the Westminster Archives) 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 99 x 152mm (approx. 4" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/073.

£25

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London : Jones & Co. 1830. A charming antique print of what was soon to become the south-east corner of Trafalgar Square - the Blackheath Coach waits by the statue of Charles I, a horse-drawn London omnibus passes westwards in front of the old Golden Cross coaching inn, Northumberland House (demolished to make way for Northumberland Avenue in 1874) and the Strand visible beyond. Engraved by Thomas Barber (fl.1818-1840) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 107 x 156mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 6-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/092.

£30

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London : Tombleson & Co., [1834]. A handsome antique print of the famous Adelphi Terrace as it stood before the construction of the Embankment pushed it back from the river front. The view has an engraved decorative border in vaguely Adam style. Engraved by Henry Winkles (1800-1860) from an original design by William Tombleson (fl.1824-1846) and originally published in the part-work series "Tombleson's Views of the Thames and Medway" (London : 1833-1834).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 166 x 214mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 8-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/048.

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London : Tombleson & Co., [1834]. An attractive antique print - a view of the old Hungerford Market from the Thames - small craft on the river, bustle on the quay - the tower and spire of St. Martin in the Fields beyond. The view is set within a finely engraved decorative border - a design of fish, flowers, acorns, etc., topped with a bee-hive and buzzing bees. The site is now occupied by Charing Cross Railway Station. Engraved by Albert Henry Payne (1812-1902) from an original study by William Tombleson (fl.1824-1846). Originally published with the part-work series "Tombleson's Views of the Thames and Medway" (London : 1833-1834).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 156 x 212mm (approx. 6-1/8" x 8-3/8"). Tiny spot to extreme left-hand edge of border, some marking to verso, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/047.

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[London : R. & J. Dodsley, 1761]. A charming eighteenth-century print of the river front of Northumberland House - a gardener rolls the lawn in the foreground. Engraved by Charles Grignion (1717-1810) from an original study (now in the Museum of London) by the painter and illustrator Samuel Wale, first Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy. Originally produced for Robert Dodsley's part-work compilation, "London and its Environs Described" (London : 1761).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 87 x 140mm (approx. 3-1/2" x 5-1/2"). A few faint marks and signs of age, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 41/057.

£30

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