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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print - a view from Somerset House towards Westminster Bridge and the Abbey. Engraved from the view by Canaletto 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 211mm (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 : G. J. Cox, [ca. 1845]. An attractive and uncommon antique print - Hungerford or Charing Cross Bridge - the short-lived suspension footbridge by Isambard Kingdom Brunel opened in 1845. Printed and published by George James Cox (fl. 1844-1850) of the Royal Polytechnic Institution on Regent Street.
Lithotint on paper. Printed surface 150 x 206mm (approx. 5-7/8" x 8-1/8"). A few faint marks, slight corner and marginal creasing not catching image, but overall in very good state for a scarce and ephemeral production.

£50

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London : Cassell & Co., [1878]. A pleasant antique print - the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and the Embankment from the Thames. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate to the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 152 x 203mm (approx. 6" x 8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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London : J. Nichols & Co., 1814. An interesting antique print - a view of the long since demolished seventeenth-century riverside theatre built by Sir Christopher Wren on the former site of Dorset House. Below the text are several lines of explanatory text. Originally produced for the July 1814 issue of "The Gentleman's Magazine".
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 181 x 204mm (approx. 7-1/8" x 8"). Old vertical folds, and closely and unevenly trimmed at foot for insertion in the magazine, but otherwise in good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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London : Alexander Hogg, [1784]. A handsome late eighteenth century print - a view from the tree-lined riverside walk near the Buckingham (York) Water Gate towards Westminster Bridge - small craft on the river, an assignation takes place on the path watched by a dog. The view is set within an engraved border of husks, studs, wreaths and scrolls. Originally produced for Hogg's part-work "The New, Complete, and Universal History, Description, and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster" (London : 1784).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 175 x 273mm (approx. 6-7/8" x 10-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 61/072.

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[London : T. Nelson & Sons, ca.1890]. An attractive antique print - a view along the Embankment towards the Houses of Parliament - Cleopatra's Needle and the Charing Cross railway bridge prominent in the middle distance. Originally produced for the Nelson "Chromo Views of London" series of views and view-books.
Chromolithograph on paper. Printed surface 80 x 123mm (approx. 3-1/8" x 4-7/8"). Two tiny marks, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A small antique print of the graceful gate (also known as the York Watergate) built in 1626 and now cut off from the Thames by the Embankment Gardens. 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 207/035B.

£20

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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)]. 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.

£30

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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 (1801?-1869) 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. 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.

£30

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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 : Tombleson & Co., [1834]. A pleasant antique print of the John Rennie bridge built between 1811 and 1817 - described by Canova as "the noblest bridge in the world" but nonetheless demolished in 1936. An intricately engraved ornamental border surrounds the image. Engraved by Franz Abresch (fl.1832-1841) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and 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 165 x 201mm (approx. 6-1/2" x 7-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/049.

£75

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London : Jones & Co., 1827. A handsome antique print of the original Waterloo Bridge - the John Rennie design built between 1811 and 1817 and described by Canova as "the noblest bridge in the world". A view from the east, the Thames busy with lighters. Engraved by William Wallis (fl.1816-1855) from an original study 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 95 x 149mm (approx. 3-3/4" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/014.

£40

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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.

£40

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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.

£40

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[London : R. & J. Dodsley, 1761]. A charming small eighteenth-century print - York Stairs, or the Buckingham Watergate, on the Thames. Engraved by Edward Rooker (fl.1749-1777) from an original study 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 91 x 49mm (approx. 3-1/2" x 1-7/8"). Trimmed tight to left hand edge, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 41/069B.

£25

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