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London : R. Ackermann, 1815. A handsome antique print - St. Luke's Hospital on Old Street, built by George Dance - carriages wait in the foreground - the distinctive obelisk spire of St. Luke's in the distance. The hospital stood on the site of the modern St. Luke's Estate, in the angle of Old Street and City Road. Originally produced for the January 1815 issue of Ackermann's fashionable magazine, "The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics".
Aquatint on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 133 x 2203mm (approx. 5-1/4" x 8"). Trimmed tight and touching imprint at head; a few minor marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 117/074.

£50

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[London : for T. Osborne & J. Shipton; and J. Hodges, 1756]. A handsome antique print - the church of St. Luke Old Street, built by John James and Nicholas Hawksmoor between 1727 and 1733 - with its distinctive obelisk spire. Originally engraved by Benjamin Cole for the part-work edition of William Maitland's "History of London" (London : 1753-1756).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 368 x 218mm (approx. 14-1/2" x 8-1/2"). A few faint marks; paper thinned in one spot, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/111.

£100

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London : J. Booth, 1818. A handsome antique print - the church of St. Luke Old Street, built by John James and Nicholas Hawksmoor between 1727 and 1733 - with its distinctive obelisk spire. Drawn and engraved by John Coney and originally produced for the part-work series "Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini; being a Series of Views" (London : 1810-1823) - "the first artistically competent and exhaustive illustration of the golden age of London church building" (Adams). Below the image are several lines of explanatory text.
Copper etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 271 x 167mm (approx. 10-3/4" x 6-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/065.

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[London : 1720]. A most attractive early eighteenth century map of the northern fringe of the City of London - "Upper Moor Fields" (now Finsbury Square), "Artillery Ground" (the H.A.C. grounds), the City Road, Bunhill Fields, Old Street and beyond, the Goswell Road, Golden Lane, Whitecross Street, Chiswell Street, etc. A numbered key gives the names of over seventy of the smaller courts, yards and alleys. Originally produced for the 1720 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 280 x 358mm (approx. 11-1/8" x 14-1/8"). Very faint press crease, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/952.

£200

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[London : John Cooke, 1777]. A handsome late eighteenth-century antique print - the original St. Luke's Hospital. Originally engraved for the Cooke part-work publication, Henry Chamberlain, "A New and Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster" (London : 1770), but here in a slightly later and slightly altered impression utilised for Walter Harrison, "A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster" (London : 1775-1777).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 133 x 162mm (approx. 5-3/8" x 6-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 57/048A.

£30

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London : W. Clarke, 1817. A charming small antique print - the old St. Luke's Hospital on Old Street. Drawn and engraved by Thomas Higham and originally produced for the part-work publication "Walks through London, including Westminster and the Borough of Southwark" (London : 1816-1817).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 71 x 91 (approx. 2-3/4" x 3-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 121/076.

£20

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A pleasant small antique print - the old St. Luke's Hospital on Old Street. 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 67 x 86mm (approx. 2-5/8" x 3-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/041A.

£20

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A charming antique print - a stroller amongst the graves in winter. The resting ground of William Blake, John Bunyan and Daniel Defoe. Engraved by Joseph Swain (1820-1909) from an original sketch 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 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 - the fashionable eighteenth-century spa that once stood between the King's Cross Road and Pakenham Street. Engraved from a study (based on earlier sources) by William Henry Prior. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 107 x 145mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-3/4"). 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 - a vignette view of Sadler's Wells from the gardens. 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 99 x 145mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : John Harris, 1815. A stylish antique print - St. Luke's Hospital on Old Street, built by George Dance - with the distinctive obelisk spire of St. Luke's in the distance. The hospital stood on the site of the modern St. Luke's Estate, in the angle of Old Street and City Road. Engraved by Robert Sands (1782-1855) from an original study by George Sidney Shepherd. Originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (London : 1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 100 x 146 (approx. 4" x 5-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 104/034.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. An attractive antique print - a view of the subscription-built eighteenth-century maternity hospital on the City Road. One of the new London omnibuses is given some prominence in the foreground. Engraved by J. Gough from an original study (now in the Guildhall Library) 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 117 x 150mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/128.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1831. An attractive antique print - a view of St. Luke's Hospital on Old Street, built by George Dance. A flock of sheep is driven to market in the foreground and the distinctive obelisk spire of St. Luke's can be seen in the distance. Engraved by J. Gough 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. Engraved surface 100 x 149mm (approx. 4" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/129.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., [1832]. A handsome antique print of the nineteenth-century theatre - the box office shaded by a tree and with boys fishing in the river. Engraved by Thomas Garner (1789-1868) from an original study (now in the Museum of London) 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 109 x 155mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 6-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/148.

£30

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. An attractive antique print of this elegant church, built by Thomas Hardwick between 1822 and 1826. Engraved by John Cleghorn (fl.1821-1863) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and 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 151 x 91mm (approx. 5-7/8" x 3-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/099.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A handsome antique print - the elegant church of St. Mark the Evangelist at the centre of Myddelton Square, built by W. Chadwell Mylne in 1826-1828. Engraved by Samuel Lacey (1786-1859) 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 152 x 93mm (approx. 6" x 3-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/055.

£30

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A handsome antique print of the publishers' own premises, formerly the extraordinary bookshop at the south-east corner of Finsbury Square known as "The Temple of the Muses" built by James Lackington (1746-1815). Engraved by William Wallis (fl.1816-1855) from an original study (now in the Guildhall Library) 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 110 x 157mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/109.

£30

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A pleasant antique print - the audience promenade by the water. Originally produced for the John Tallis part-work "Tallis's Illustrated London; in Commemoration of the Great Exhibition of All Nations in 1851. Forming a Complete Guide to The British Metropolis and its Environs" (London : 1851-1852).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 97 x 132mm (approx. 3-5/8" x 5-1/8"). In very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 215/137.

£25

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A very pleasant nineteenth-century print of the eighteenth-century Sadler's Wells, engraved by John Walmsley (fl.1839-1878) from an original study by Albert Henry Warren. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 139 x 206mm (approx. 5-1/2" x 8-1/8"). Text on verso. Small spot in upper blank margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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