ANTIQUE PRINTS OF ROTHERHITHE AT
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[London : for T. Osborne & J. Shipton; and J. Hodges, 1756]. A handsome antique print - an elegant elevation of the parish church of St. Mary at Rotherhithe. 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 137 x 232mm (approx. 5-3/8" x 9-1/8"). A few minor marks, trimmed tight at left, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/116B.

£40

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London : J. Booth, 1818. A handsome antique print - the graceful eighteenth-century church on Marychurch Lane. Etched and engraved from his own original drawing 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 etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 270 x 170mm (approx. 10-5/8" x 6-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/084.

£75

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[London] : 1755. An attractively detailed eighteenth century map of the riverside streets of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe - extending from Mill Street and Jacob Street round past Cherry Garden Stairs, Paradise Street, Elephant Lane, and east to Globe Stairs, with a separate inset giving further detail round to Cuckold's Point and beyond. A keyed table gives the names of thirty-four streets and alleys. Originally produced for the 1754-1756 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 176 x 297mm (approx. 7" x 11-3/4"). Some very faint and minor offsetting, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 37/129.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print - St. Mary at Rotherhithe as it stood in the eighteenth century. Engraved from an earlier study 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 105mm (approx 5-5/8" x 4-1/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive and interesting antique print of the Thames at Rotherhithe - the Brunel diving bell being lowered into the water. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 106 x 142mm (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 : Charles Tilt, 1837. A fine antique print of boats on the river and the surface workings of the Thames Tunnel, with shipping and the tower of the church in the background. Lithographed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789-1850) from an original study by the Deptford-born landscape painter James Duffield Harding. Originally produced for "Harding's Portfolio" (London : 1837).
Tint lithograph on paper, with additional original hand colour. Image size 178 x 129mm (approx. 7" x 5-1/8"). Some very faint browning and very mild spotting, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£75

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[London : Read & Co., 1855]. A scarce and handsome antique print - a view of the elegant twin horseshoe shaped archways, the pedestrian stairs and galleries, the decorated inner rotunda, etc., of the Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel - the world's first underwater tunnel, completed by Marc Brunel in 1843. The tunnel was converted to railway use in the 1860s and still carries London Underground trains. Engraved by W. Lacey (fl.1830-1855) from an original study by T. H. Jones (fl.1836-1855). 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. Engraved surface 171 x 225mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 8-7/8"). Slight creasing to upper corner, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/064.

£50

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print - a composite view showing both the tunnel itself and the view across the Thames at surface level. The Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel - the world's first underwater tunnel, completed by Marc Brunel in 1843. Engraved by Joseph Swain and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 216 x 143mm (approx 8-1/2" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Black & Armstrong, 1840]. A delightful antique print showing the church and warehouses from the Thames, with a bustle of craft on the river. An engraved decorative border features various maritime symbols - rigging, rope, cannon and ball, rope, etc. Engraved by James Carter (1798-1855) from an original design by William Tombleson (fl.1823-1841). Originally published with the part-work series "Tombleson's Views of the Thames and Medway" (London : 1833-1834) - and here in a slightly later impression.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 155 x 195mm (approx. 6-1/8" x 7-5/9"). A couple of tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/061.

£60

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London : Tombleson & Co., [1834]. A very early antique print of the Thames Tunnel - at this date still under construction - a view along a completed section of the distinctive horse-shoe shaped tunnel, with fashionably-dressed visitors, etc. The view is set within a finely engraved emblematic border - classical figures supporting mighty columns, a frieze of picks, spades and shovels, a boat with the arms of the City of London, etc. Engraved by Henry Winkles (1800-1860) from an original study by William Tombleson (fl.1824-1846). Originally published with the part-work series "Tombleson's Views of the Thames and Medway" (London : 1833-1834).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 217 x 169 (approx. 8-5/8" x 6-3/4"). A few faint and minor marks, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/062.

£50

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