ANTIQUE PRINTS OF DRURY LANE AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
43 HURON ROAD
LONDON SW17 8RE
UNITED KINGDOM

London : Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1811. A handsome antique print - Drury Lane and the remains of the theatre, the rubble fenced off, the palings covered with bills and posters. Engraved by William Johnstone White (fl.1804-1812) from a drawing by J. Capon. Originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (London : 1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 110 x 164mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6-1/2"). Tiny stitch marks at foot, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 104/076.

£30

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[London : Richard Phillips, 1804]. An attractive antique print - a crier of play-bills outside the Drury Lane Theatre. She also carries a basket of fruit and what are probably nuts - the buyer of half a dozen oranges would have had the penny play-bill for free. 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), but here in a slightly later impression with the outer ruled border, imprint and credit burnished out.
Etching, line and stipple engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface (including double-rule outer border) 119 x 81mm (approx. 4-3/4" x 3-1/4"). A few tiny marks to outer blank margins, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/029 - not listing this variant.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An unusual antique print - the interior of the theatre as seen from the stage. Engraved from 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 144 x 144mm (approx. 5-5/8" 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)]. A pleasant antique print - a coach and pair at the door. Engraved by John Quartley (fl.1835-1878) from a 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 144 x 105mm (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 : Richard Phillips, 1804. An unusual antique print - the interior of Drury Lane Theatre as seen from the giant stage - with tiers of of boxes and galleries supported by "slender pillars of iron, washed with silver". The boxes on the stage to the right of image were, in ascending order, the Prince of Wales's Box, a public box known as the Stage Box, the Duke of Bedford's Box, and the Duchess of Devonshire's Box. Engraved by Isaac Taylor (1759-1829) 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 139 x 183mm (approx. 5-1/2" x 7-1/4"). A few faint marks to blank margins, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/021.

£50

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London : J. Stratford, 1805. A pleasant antique print - a view along early nineteenth-century Drury Lane to the old theatre. Engraved by William Ellis (1747-1810) from an original study by Robert Blemmel Schnebbelie (fl.1803-1849). Originally produced for the part-work by "Dr David Hughson" [David Pugh] known as "London; being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis" (London : 1805-1809).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 161 x 100mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 93/038.

£25

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[London : J. Mead, 1841]. A highly attractive antique print of the interior of the old Freemasons' Hall on Great Queen Street showing five long tables of formally dressed diners. The walls are lined with portraits, the tables are laden with food and drink and the saved souls process between the tables. Engraved by Henry Melville (fl.1826-1844) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and originally produced for the part-work "London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition" (London 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 153 x 187mm (approx. 6-1/8" x 7-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/004.

£40

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A pleasing antique print - an exterior of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane as rebuilt by Benjamin Wyatt in 1811-1812, with the portico added in 1820 - the street busy with horse and foot traffic. It was here that Charles Kean made his debut in 1826. Engraved by Thomas Dale (fl.1818-1828) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th 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 93 x 150mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/071.

£30

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