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[London : W.S.Orr, 1837 (but later)]. A delightful antique print of the Mansion House - with the mayoral coach attempting to negotiate the chaotic trafiic at the junction of the Poultry and Princes Street, while a woman with a parasol scuttles in front of an omnibus. Engraved by John Woods (fl.1835-1855) from a composite study by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") and Robert Garland (d.1863). Originally produced for Wood's "History of London : Illustrated by Views", first published in parts 1837-1838 and subsequently reissued in various guises between1838 and 1862.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 114 x 150mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 6-1/8"). Just a touch dusty, but overall in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 188/017.

£40

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London : John Bowles and Carington Bowles, [ca.1764]. A fine and scarce mid eighteenth century perspective view of the Mansion House, with Walbrook to the right and Cornhill and Lombard Street to the east beyond. The mayoral coach jostles for space on the road with smaller coaches, a sedan chair, a milkmaid, etc. Published by the father and son combination of John Bowles (1701?-1779) of Cornhill and Carington Bowles (fl.1752-1793) of St. Paul's Churchyard.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 169 x 255mm (approx. 6-5/8" x 10"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. An interesting antique print - an ill-shod itinerant match-boy sells bundles of matches for a penny across the street from the Mansion House. The match-sellers were thought to be among the poorest of the poor, subsisting more on charity than profit - they "generally sing a kind of song, and sell and beg alternately". 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).
Aquatint, line and stipple engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface (including quadruple-rule outer border) 130 x 98mm (approx. 5-1/8" x 3-7/8"). A few trifling marks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/042.

£40

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[London : 1773]. An elegant eighteenth century print of the exterior of the Mansion House, the mayoral coach approaching. Originally produced for John Noorthouck's "A New History of London" (London 1773).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 90 x 149mm (approx 3-3/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 51/018B.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print - the Mansion House, the mayoral coach, etc. Engraved (from an earlier source) by the Typographic Etching Co. and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 202 x 144mm (approx. 8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : ca.1752]. A very early antique print of the exterior of the Mansion House, completed to the designs of George Dance in 1752 - the Palladian facade, the west side with St. Stephen Walbrook beyond, and the two obtrusive clerestories (immediately dubbed by the citizens the Mayor's Nest and Noah's Ark). Originally produced for one of the topical magazines of the period.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 105 x 194mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 7-5/8"). In very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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[N.P. : ca.1800]. A stylised view of the Mansion House, Lombard Street and Cornhill beyond - a somewhat wooden coach-and-six in the foreground. Originally produced for an unidentified publication.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 133 x 168mm (approx. 5-1/4" x 6-5/8"). Very mild tanning and faint creasing, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Leadenhall Press 1891]. A charming antique print - Victorian children at a fancy-dress ball at the Mansion House. 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 162 x 221mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 8-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : T. Major, 1750. A scarce and handsome antique print - a perspective view of the freshly-built Mansion House, with Cornhill and Lombard Street beyond - a lively array of the citizenry about their business in the foreground. Published and probably engraved by Thomas Major (1719-1799) from an original study by the Swiss painter John Maurer (fl.1713-1761).
Copper line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 238 x 378mm (approx. 9-3/8" x 14-7/8"). Cropped to neatlines, laid down on contemporary card, with edges painted black to facilitate viewing in an optical machine. The caption and imprint (with the loss of just a few letters) are preserved on the rear of the card. Card tanned, brittle, worn and chipped; some creasing and minor splitting; small and barely noticeable puncture; minor discolouration to face of image, but still a rare and attractive survival of a separately published print designed and prepared for use with the optical diagonal machine (zograscope). A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£400

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[London] : T. Nelson & Sons, [1889]. An attractive antique print - a lively view of the Mansion House, with Queen Victoria Street and the Poultry beyond. Originally produced for the Nelson "English Scenery" series of views and view-books.
Chromolithograph on paper. Printed surface 78 x 121mm (approx. 3-1/8" x 4-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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London : J. Stratford, 1806. An attractive early nineteenth century antique print - a neatly composed study of the interior of the Mansion House. Engraved by Ambrose William Warren (fl.1805-1856) from an original study by Robert Blemmel Schnebbelie (fl.1803-1849). Originally produced for the part-work by "Dr David Hughson" [David Pugh] known as "London; being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis" (London 1805-1809).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 161 x 97mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 3-7/8"). Faint mark to upper margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 93/022.

£25

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[London : George Virtue, 1841]. A lively antique print of the pillared and beflagged interior of the Mansion House on a banquet night - the Lord Mayor for 1839, Samuel Wilson, entertains the Wilson clan. Engraved by Henry Melville (fl.1826-1844) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for the part-work "London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition" (London : 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 153 x 186 mm (approx. 6" x 7-1/4"). Some faint surface creasing to outer blank margins, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/006.

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[London : 1852]. A pleasing antique print of the beflagged and columned interior of the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion House in the City of London. Originally produced for the part-work "Tallis's Illustrated London" (1850-1852).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 98 x 132mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-1/4"). In very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 215/058.

£25

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London : Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1810. A handsome antique print - the Mansion House from the west - Lombard Street beyond. Engraved by the Scottish engraver John Burnet (1784-1868) from an original study by the painter and architect James Robert Thompson (fl.1806-1848). Originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 165 x 107mm (approx. 6-1/2" x 4-1/4"). One tiny hole, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 104/018.

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[London : R. & J. Dodsley, 1761]. An elegant eighteenth century print of the recently built Mansion House - an exterior with the adjacent buildings, the mayoral coach appears from the left. Engraved by Benjamin Green (1736?-1800?) 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 86 x 140mm (approx. 3-3/8" x 5-1/2"). Mild age toning, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 41/051.

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