ANTIQUE PRINTS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
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UNITED KINGDOM

[London : 1724 (but later)]. A handsome antique print - a perspective view of the eighteenth century Christ's Hospital. Originally published by John Bowles in 1724, but here in a later impression on wove paper datable to the early years of the nineteenth century. Engraved below the image are seven lines of text on the history of the school, etc.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 171 x 215mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 8-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 105/031.

£75

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An antique print depicting the boys at supper in the great hall, with fashionably dressed visitors and worthies in the foreground. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 148 x 142mm (approx. 5-7/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1844]. An attractive antique print of the Delivery of the Annual Orations in the imposing Great Hall of the old Christ's Hospital School (the Blue Coat School) in Newgate Street, founded in 1553 and now removed to Horsham in Sussex. Engraved by Henry Melville (fl.1826-1844) from an original study by Llewellynn Jewitt F.S.A. and originally produced for the part-work "London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition" (London : 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 162 x 184 mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 7-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/057.

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A lively antique print - a depiction of the imposing hall, with the boys being served. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker. 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 220 x 159mm (approx. 8-5/8" x 6-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. An antique print - a charming depiction of the boys in their coats. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker (1862-1934). 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 159 x 219mm (approx. 6-1/4" x 8-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A pleasant small antique print - a view of the school hall built by John Shaw between 1825 and 1829. 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 66 x 85mm (approx. 2-5/8" x 3-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/008A.

£20

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A pleasant antique print - an attractive view of the church and the school (now removed to Horsham in Sussex). Engraved by W.S.Wilkinson (fl.1830-1844) from a pencil drawing (now in the GLC collection) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 114 x 154mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/138.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1831. A pleasant antique print - an attractive view of old school (now removed to Horsham in Sussex), with pupils, masters and guardians in the courtyard. Engraved by the gifted William Wallis (b.1796 fl.1816-1855) from a sepia wash sketch (now in the GLC collection) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. 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 104 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/135.

£30

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A pleasant antique print - an attractive view of the school hall built by John Shaw between 1825 and 1829, with pupils at play in the yard. Engraved by William Deeble (1794?-1861) from an original drawing 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 100 x 149mm (approx. 4" x 5-7/8"). A few tiny marks in blank margins, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/103.

£25

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[London : 1772]. A handsome antique print - a perspective view of the eighteenth century Christ's Hospital. Originally engraved by William Henry Toms (fl.1723-1758) for William Maitland's "The History of London, from its Foundation" (London 1739), and here in a slightly later impression (with Toms' name burnished out) dating from 1772.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 218 x 319mm (approx. 8-5/8" x 12-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 33/019.

£125

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