ANTIQUE PRINTS OF KING WILLIAM STREET STREET AT
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London : J. Booth, 1812. A handsome antique print - Clements Lane and the Wren church of St. Clement Eastcheap. Engraved by Joseph Skelton (1785-1850) from an original drawing (now in the British Museum) by John Coney. 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 line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 213 x 197mm (approx. 8-3/8" x 7-3/4"). A few tiny marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/035.

£75

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A pleasant vignetted Victorian print showing the statue of William IV and the adjacent buildings at the junction of King William Street, Cannon Street and Eastcheap, looking down toward London Bridge. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker and engraved in Paris by Ch. Guillaume & Cie. for the Leadenhall Press publication "London City" (1891).
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Later hand colour. Image area 135 x 84mm (approx. 5-1/4" x 3-1/4"). Text on verso. In very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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London : Charles Tilt, 1838. An attractive antique print of the exterior of the Hawksmoor church at the apex of Lombard Street and King William Street - a view from the west - the Monument away in the distance. Engraved by John le Keux (1783-1846) from an original study by the the architectural painter and draughtsman Frederick Mackenzie. Originally produced for George Godwin's serially published "The Churches of London" (London : 1837-1839).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 161 x 102mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 189/073.

SOLD

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. An attractive antique print - a pleasant view looking south down Clements Lane, with the Wren church to the left. Engraved by James Charles Armytage (1802-1897) from an original drawing (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. Originally produced for Shepherd's part-work series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 108 x 68mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 2-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/151.

£25

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London : W. S. Orr, [1838]. A handsome antique print - a busy view looking down the newly built King William Street towards the Monument - the Hawksmoor church of St. Mary Woolnoth prominent to the left. Engraved by John Woods (fl.1835-1855) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for Woods' "History of London : Illustrated by Views", first published in parts 1837-1838 and subsequently reissued in various guises between 1838 and 1862.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 117 x 153mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 188/002.

£40

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A Victorian print of the Hawksmoor church at the apex of Lombard Street and King William Street. Pedestrian and horse-drawn traffic throngs the area now largely occupied by Bank underground station. Drawn and engraved by Worthington D. G. Smith (fl.1866-1880) for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 144 x 142mm (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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