ANTIQUE PRINTS OF HASTINGS & RYE, SUSSEX, AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
43 HURON ROAD
LONDON SW17 8RE
UNITED KINGDOM

[London : George Virtue, 1840]. A pleasant antique print – Hastings from the cliffs to the west, the town laid out along the curve of the bay – small boats head to shore. Engraved by Robert Wallis (1794-1878) from an original study by William Henry Bartlett. Originally produced for the part-work series “Ports, Harbours, Watering Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain” (London : 1836-1842).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 140 x 186mm (approx. 5-1/2” x 7-3/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : 1860]. A charming small antique print – two horsemen ride by Battle Abbey. Originally produced for Thomas Dugdale’s part-work survey published as “The Curiosities of Great Britain” or “England Delineated” in various formats between 1838 and 1860.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 77 x 110mm (approx. 3” x 4-3/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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[London : 1860 (or earlier)]. An attractive small antique print – a view along the shore, a fishing-boat in the foreground. Originally produced for Thomas Dugdale’s part-work survey published as “The Curiosities of Great Britain” or “England Delineated” in various formats between 1838 and 1860.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 81 x 113mm (approx. 3-1/8” x 4-3/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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London : Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1811. A pleasant antique print – Battle Abbey as it stood in the early nineteenth century. Engraved by Frederick Rudolph Hay (fl.1807-1831) from an amatuer drawing by an artist identified only as E. Grose, Esq. Originally produced for the part-work “Beauties of England and Wales” (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 106 x 150m (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-7/8”). Trimmed a little tight at foot; a few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : J. Harwood, 1845. A rare and unusual antique print – an oval vignette view of Hastings from the rocks to the east of the old town. The engraving decorates a double-leaf of ornamental notepaper. Published by John Harwood of Fenchurch Street, well known for producing this kind of decorative stationery. For more on the Harwood family, see my Bookhunter on Safari blog-post for 29th October 2015.
Steel line engraving on laid paper. Engraved surface 130 x 167mm (approx. 5-1/8” x 6-1/2”). Slight crease to lower corner of sheet, a few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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London : J. & F. Harwood, 1841. A rare and unusual antique print – an oval vignette view of Winchelsea from below, decorating a double-leaf of ornamental notepaper. Dated 1841 in the plate and published by John & Frederick Harwood of Fenchurch Street, well known in their time for producing this kind of decorative stationery. For more on the Harwood family, see my Bookhunter on Safari blog-post for 29th October 2015.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 106 x 156mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 6-1/8”). A few faint spots to the notepaper, but the engraving itself in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : George Virtue, 1842]. A handsome antique print – vessels on the beach – the tall wooden fish-houses beyond. Engraved by Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857) from an original study by George Howse (fl.1830-1860). Originally produced for the much-admired part-work series “Ports, Harbours, Watering Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain” (London : 1836-1842).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 133 x 179mm (approx. 5-1/4” x 7”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : William Mackenzie, 1880]. An attractive antique print of Victorian Normanhurst Court near Battle, demolished in 1951. A technically highly accomplished production, colour printed in eight or more overlays from separate wooden blocks by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) from original draughts (drawn on the wood) by Frank Lydon. Originally produced for the Francis Orpen Morris part-work “County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland” (1864-1880).
Multiple wood block engraving in colours (chromoxylograph). Engraved surface 135 x 195mm (approx. 5-1/4” x 7-3/4”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : J. Walker, 1798. A pleasant antique print – an ancient gate at Rye – two windmills in the distance. Engraved by John Walker (fl.1784-1802) from an original drawing by the antiquary and amateur artist James Moore. Originally produced for Walker’s “The Itinerant : A Select Collection of Interesting and Picturesque Views in Great Britain and Ireland” (London : 1799).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 122 x 166mm (approx. 4-7/8” x 6-1/2”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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Hastings : T. Ross, [ca.1845]. A charming and uncommon small antique print – a vignette view of the church in the wood – St. Leonard at Hollington. Engraved by the London engravers and stationers Newman & Barclay, who were in partnership 1845-1846 and locally published by Thomas Ross of Hastings.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 86 x 104mm (approx. 3-3/8” x 4-1/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : J. Newman, [ca.1850]. A charming small antique print, here with original hand colour and exceedingly rare thus – a vignette view of Wellington Square, Hastings. Produced by the London engraver and stationer John Newman, the engraving decorates a double-leaf of ornamental notepaper.
Steel line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 73 x 99mm (approx. 2-7/8” x 3-7/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1836]. A delightful antique print – fishing-boats at sea and the town huddled at the foot of the cliffs. Engraved by William Miller (1796-1882) from an original study by the fine marine painter Clarkson Stanfield R.A., a former sailor and, according to his friend Charles Dickens, “the most loving and lovable of men”. Originally produced for “Stanfield’s Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the British Channel” (London : 1836).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 108 x 141mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 5-1/2”). A few tiny specks to blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1836]. An atmospheric antique print – a Martello tower near Hastings. Engraved by William Bernard Cooke (1778-1855) from an original study by the marine painter Clarkson Stanfield R.A. Originally produced for “Stanfield’s Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the British Channel” (London : 1836).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 102 x 144mm (approx. 4” x 5-5/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1836]. An atmospheric antique print – a Martello tower near Hastings. Engraved by William Bernard Cooke (1778-1855) from an original study by the marine painter Clarkson Stanfield R.A. Originally produced for “Stanfield’s Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the British Channel” (London : 1836).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 102 x 144mm (approx. 4” x 5-5/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1836]. An attractive antique print – on the coast at Rye in the nineteenth century. Engraved by J. W. Appleton from an original study by the fine marine painter Clarkson Stanfield R.A. Originally produced for “Stanfield’s Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the British Channel” (London : 1836).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 104 x 137mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”). A few tiny specks to blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : John Harris, 1813. An attractive antique print – the fourteenth-century Bodiam Castle near Robertsbridge. Engraved by Thomas Bonnor (fl.1763-1815) from an original study by Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale. Originally produced for the part-work “Beauties of England and Wales” (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 117 x 165mm (approx. 4-5/8” x 6-1/2”). Trimmed tight at head, just affecting the image; a few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : John Harris, 1814. An elegant antique print, Hastings from the rocks to the west – the beach, small buildings on the shore, the castle on the cliff. Engraved by S. Owen (fl. 1796-1838) from an original study by Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale and originally produced for the part-work “Beauties of England and Wales” (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 109 x 155mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 6-1/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : William S. Orr & Co., 1856]. An attractive antique print – an oval vignette view of Hastings from the rocks. Engraved by Frederick William Branston (fl.1830-1849) from an original study by James Thorne. Originally produced in 1847 for the part-work publication “The Land We Live In” (London : 1847-1851) – and here in a slightly later impression.
Wood engraving on paper. Engraved surface 181 x 143mm (approx. 7-1/8” x 5-5/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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London : Charles Tilt, 1829. An antique print – the front at Hastings from the sea – Pelham Crescent at the end of Marine Parade. Engraved by James Fife (fl.1829-1830) from an original study by William Westall A.R.A. Originally produced for the part-work series “Great Britain Illustrated” (1828-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 100 x 145mm (approx. 4” x 5-3/4”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : Charles Tilt, [1829]. A pleasant antique print – a view across the bay at Hastings. Engraved by Edward Francis (fl.1828-1830) from an original study by William Westall A.R.A. Originally produced for the part-work series “Great Britain Illustrated” (1828-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 103 x 148mm (approx. 4” x 5-7/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Charles Tilt, 1830]. A most attractive antique print – the eastern end of the Crescent, with the chapel, below Castle Hill. Engraved by Edward Francis (fl.1829-1830) from an original study by William Westall A.R.A. Originally produced for the part-work series “Great Britain Illustrated” (1828-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 95 x 145mm (approx. 3-3/4” x 5-5/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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