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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. A charming antique print - an itinerant strawberry-girl cries her wares in the heart of Covent Garden Market in the June strawberry season. She offers them from her basket by the plaited pottle - the general price was seven-pence price per pottle, with a penny back for the return of the pottle. 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 and line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface (including quadruple-rule outer border) 139 x 107mm (approx. 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"). A few very faint marks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/053.

£50

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London : Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1821 [but 1830]. An attractive antique print - an animated scene as opera-goers are shown to their carriages in Covent Garden. Originally produced to illustrate Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (London : 1820-1821) - and here in a slightly later impression. Drawn and engraved by the Cruikshank brothers.
Etching and aquatint on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 125 x 181mm (approx. 5" x 7-1/8"). A few small marks to outer margins; slight creasing at foot, but otherwise in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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London : Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1820. An attractive antique print - high jinks and mayhem at a fancy-dress supper in Covent Garden. Originally produced to illustrate Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (London : 1820-1821) - and here in a slightly later impression. Drawn and engraved by the Cruikshank brothers.
Etching and aquatint on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 122 x 189mm (approx. 4-3/4" x 7-1/2"). Some soiling and staining to outer margins, but otherwise in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Penny Magazine, 1837]. An unusual antique print - a view of Bow Street, with a body of the newly formed Metropolitan Police - successors of the Bow Street Runners - being marshalled. Originally produced for "The Penny Magazine" of 31st January 1837.
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 98 x 147mm (approx. 3-7/8" 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 interesting nineteenth-century print of firefighters attempting to save the blazing theatre (the Royal Opera House - built by Robert Smirke in 1809-1810), with hand operated pumps, hoses, etc. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 104 x 143mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print giving a view across the open piazza towards the church. Based on an earlier source and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 143 x 208mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 8-1/4"). 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 showing the piazzas, the market stalls, etc. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 99 x 148mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-3/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1856]. An interesting contemporary print of firefighters attempting to save the blazing theatre (the Royal Opera House - built by Robert Smirke in 1809-1810), with hand operated pumps, hoses, etc. Originally produced for an unidentified contemporary magazine.
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 146 x 232mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 9-1/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A charming antique print - fashionably dressed Victorian customers inspect the flowers, etc. Engraved by John Greenaway and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 143 x 106mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 4-1/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : John Harris, 1816. An antique print of the Inigo Jones church long associated with the theatrical profession - "the handsomest barn in England" - with baskets full of market produce in the foreground. Engraved by James Lewis (fl.1813-1837) from a study by John Preston Neale. Originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (London : 1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 108 x 153mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 104/075.

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A charming small antique print of the imposing facade of the mid-nineteenth century theatre (the Royal Opera House), built by Robert Smirke in 1809-1810. 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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 66 x 84mm (approx. 2-5/8" x 3-3/8"). In very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/106B.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A most attractive antique print giving an elevated view across the crowded square - market-workers, wagons and market buildings - towards the church. Engraved from a study (based on earlier sources) 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 209mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 8-1/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. A highly attractive antique print - the interior of Covent Garden on the occasion of a royal performance. King George III, Queen Charlotte and their party occupy a special box beneath a canopy of crimson velvet, the lords and ladies in waiting stand behind, Guards officers take the boxes above, and on the stage Kemble plays Rolla in a production of "Pizarro". Engraved by James Fittler (1758-1835) from an original study by Edward Pugh, and originally produced for Phillips' part-work "Modern London : Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis" (London : 1804).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 138 x 183mm (approx. 5-1/2" x 7-1/4"). A few slight marks to blank margins, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/022.

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[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. An attractive antique print of the well-known pillared market building, vendors of fruit and their baskets spread their wares. Engraved by William Watkins (fl.1828-1848) 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 100 x 149mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/156.

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[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. An attractive antique print of the well-known pillared market building, vendors of fruit and their baskets spread their wares. Engraved by William Watkins (fl.1828-1848) 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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 100 x 150mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-7/8"). Faint mark across lower margin below image, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/156.

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[London : Jones & Co., 1830]. A handsome antique print of the Inigo Jones church long associated with the theatrical profession - "the handsomest barn in England" - with market baskets and sacks in the foreground. Engraved by Josiah Henshall (fl.1827-1863) from an original study 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 108 x 147mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/036.

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A handsome antique print of the splendid facade of the nineteenth century theatre (the Royal Opera House), built by Robert Smirke in 1809-1810. Engraved by John Rolph (1799-1862) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From 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 96 x 151mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-7/8"). One tiny spot in lower margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/051.

£30

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