ANTIQUE PRINTS OF HYDE PARK CORNER AT
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[London : Richard Phillips, 1804]. An attractive and unusual antique print - a one-legged street entertainer with his raree-show at Hyde Park Corner. The show-box consisted of a series of coloured pictures viewed through magnifying lenses, the showman rehearsing the narrative and changing the scene with hidden strings. On the top of the portable box a squirrel in a treadmill rings a row of little bells. 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).
Etching, line and stipple engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface (including double-rule outer border) 116 x 78mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 3-1/8"). Some spotting to outer to outer blank margins, but the image in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/050.

£40

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[London : Cassell & Co., 1878]. A handsome antique print - the triple arches of the Hyde Park Screen designed by Decimus Burton at Hyde Park Corner, fashionable carriages clattering by, mounted policemen on duty, Park Lane beyond. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate to the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 142 x 208mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 8-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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London : J. & F. Harwood, 1842. An unusual antique print - an oval vignette view of Apsley House decorating a sheet of notepaper. Dated 1842 in the plate and published by J. &. F. Harwood of Fenchurch Street.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 111 x 142mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 5-3/4"). A few faint marks, slight crease not affecting image, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : Cassell & Co., [1878]. A handsome antique print - the triple arches of the Hyde Park Screen designed by Decimus Burton at Hyde Park Corner, fashionable carriages clattering by, mounted policemen on duty, Park Lane beyond. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate to the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Lithograph on paper. Printed surface 142 x 210mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 8-1/4"). A few faint marks to outer margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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[London] : T. Nelson & Sons, [1892]. An attractive antique print - Hyde Park Corner, looking towards Piccadilly . Originally produced for the Nelson "English Scenery" series of views and view-books.
Chromolithograph on paper. Printed surface 84 x 122mm (approx. 3-1/4" x 5"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print - still rural western approach to London. Engraved from a study (based on a drawing in the Crace Collection) 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 210mm (approx. 5-7/8" x 8-1/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A charming antique print - the image divided across three horizontal strips to show each house and building along the north side of Knightsbridge from more or less opposite the top of Sloane Street to Hyde Park Corner. Engraved by Joseph Swain (1820-1909) from a study (based on an earlier drawing in the Crace Collection) 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 143 x 206mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 8-1/8"). Text on verso. One faint mark, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. A most attractive antique print - the Sunday parade and promenade of fashion and quality in Hyde Park - Rotten Row to the left - the Serpentine and Kensington Gardens beyond. Engraved by John Pass (fl.1796-1828) 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 187mm (approx. 5-1/2" x 7-3/8"). A few faint marks to outer blank margins, but a fine, dark, early impression, overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/007 - but here in an earlier state, dated April rather than August, and before the addition of the credits.

£75

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London : Read & Co., [1851]. A handsome antique print - the triple arches of the Hyde Park Screen designed by Decimus Burton, Apsley House (now the Wellington Museum), fashionably dressed pedestrians, carriages, etc. Engraved by John Wrightson (fl.1836-1865) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for the scarce 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 176 x 225mm (approx. 7" x 8-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/009.

£75

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London : Jones & Co., 1829. An attractive antique print of Apsley House (now the Wellington Museum) - built 1771-1778 by Robert Adam for Henry Bathurst and here with the stone facing and corinthian portico added for the Duke in 1828 by Benjamin and Philip Wyatt. Engraved by Thomas Barber (fl.1818-1846) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. Originally produced for Shepherd's series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 116 x 148mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/153.

£25

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[London : 1860]. An antique print - Apsley House - now the Wellington Museum. Engraved by Robert Acon (1792-1880) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. 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 96 x 122mm (approx. 3-3/4" x 4-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 186/081.

£20

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A pleasant antique print - the triple arches of the Ionic Hyde Park Screen at Hyde Park Corner - then recently built to the designs of Decimus Burton. Engraved by William Wallis (fl.1816-1855) 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 102 x 154mm (approx. 4" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/104.

£30

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London : Read & Co., [1851]. A delightful antique print - the Wellington or Constitution Arch at Hyde Park Corner - with its original thirty-foot high statue of Wellington. Engraved by William Edward Albutt (fl.1836-1863) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From the scarce 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 179 x 230mm (approx. 7-1/8" x 9-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/008.

£100

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. An attractive antique print - the Constitution or Wellington Arch - here in its original location oppostite Apsley House. The equestrian statue of Wellington has long since been replaced by the Angel of Peace bronze by Adrian Jones and the Arch now graces the traffic island at Hyde Park Corner. Originally produced for the part-work "Tallis's Illustrated London" (London : 1850-1852).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 138 x 90mm (approx. 5-1/2" x 3-5/8"). Some very faint diagonal creasing, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 215/147.

£25

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