ANTIQUE PRINTS OF SMITHFIELD AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
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UNITED KINGDOM

London : C. Tilt, 1837. An attractive antique print giving a view of the exterior of St. Sepulchre - a small group of people gathered by a grave in the churchyard. The church more formally known as Holy Sepulchre without Newgate - burial place of Roger Ascham, Governor John Smith of Virginia and the engraver, Sir Robert Peake. Engraved by John le Keux (1783-1846) from an original study by the painter and architect Robert William Billings. Originally produced for George Godwin's serially published "The Churches of London" (London 1837-1839).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 180 x 98mm (approx. 7-1/8" x 3-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 189/012.

£20

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[London : 1724 (but later)]. A handsome antique print - a bird's-eye view of the famous hospital, its inner courtyards and the adjacent buildings. An engraved explanatory text (dated 1723) gives a brief description and history of the hospital - "it appears that in the year last past, 3,381 persons were cured & discharged". Originally produced as one of the "Several Prospects of the most noted Publick Buildings, in and about the City of London" published by John Bowles in 1724 - but here in a later impression on wove paper dating from the early nineteenth century.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 171 x 214mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 8-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. An attractive and unusual antique print - an itinerant bellows-mender carries his equipment in a leather bag on his back through Smithfield - it is hay-market day at Smithfield and so either a Tuesday or a Thursday. 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 and line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface (including quadruple-rule outer border) 133 x 101mm (approx. 5-1/4" x 4"). A few faint marks and minor discolourations to outer margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/027 - but here in a variant state, without Craig's name.

£40

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print of the nineteenth century market, with sheep in pens and St. Paul's looming in the distance. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 106 x 143mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An antique print - a handsome cluster of old buildings at the head of Giltspur Street leading into Smithfield. Engraved (from an earlier source) and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 105 x 144mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. A few faint marks, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1770]. An elegant eighteenth century print - an exterior view of the church more formally known as Holy Sepulchre without Newgate. Originally engraved for the John Cooke part-work publication, Henry Chamberlain, "A New and Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster" (London 1770).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 124 x 165mm (approx. 4-7/8" x 6-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 48/041B.

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. An attractive Victorian print of the interior of Smithfield Market - porters in a variety of headgear, etc. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker (1862-1934) 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 218 x 159mm (approx. 8-5/8" x 6-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. An antique print - a vignette street scene in Smithfield. 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 132 x 101mm (approx. 5-1/4" x 4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A Victorian print - wagons piled high and the hospital to the left. 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. Image area 163 x 220mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 8-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : C. Tilt, 1839. A handsome antique print of the vaulted interior of St. Bartholomew the Less - looking towards the altar. Engraved by Thomas Turnbull (fl.1827-1843) from an original study by 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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 161 x 104mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 189/086.

£25

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London : Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1809. A handsome antique print - an interior of St. Bartholomew the Great. Engraved by the Scottish engraver John Burnet (1784-1868) from an original study by the late Thomas Malton. Originally produced to accompany the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (London : 1801-1818).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 158 x 106mm (approx. 6-1/4" x 4-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 104/041.

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[London : 1852]. A charming small antique print - the largest of the city churches - Holy Sepulchre without Newgate. An engraving from the workshop of A.H.Payne, originally produced for Payne's "Illustrated London, or a Series of Views in the British Metropolis and its Vicinity" (London: 1846-1847), and here in a slightly later impression dating from 1852.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 66 x 85mm (approx. 2-5/8" x 3-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/087B.

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London : T. Hughes, 1805. A neatly worked antique print of the vaulted cloisters. Engraved by J. Simpkins from an original design by the London draughtsman, engraver, printer and printseller, T. Prattent (fl.1790-1819), who had premises in Cloth Fair. Originally produced for B. Lambert, "The History and Survey of London and its Environs from the Earliest Period" (London 1805-1806).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 147 x 97mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 3-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 96/009.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print of London's oldest church, where William Hogarth was baptised in 1797. Engraved by Joseph Swain (1820-1909) from a study (based on an earlier sketch) 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 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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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A pleasant antique print - the foot of Giltspur Street and the Compter built by George Dance (Junior) in 1787 and demolished in 1855 - on the corner with Newgate Street the premises of Maydwell the linen-draper (at 126 Newgate Street) are given some prominence. Engraved by Robert Acon (1792-1880) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 111 x 150mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/126.

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[London : Jones & Co., 1832]. A pleasant antique print - a small exterior view of St. Peter Saffron Hill, built by Charles Barry in 1830-1832. Drawn and engraved by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. From Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 117 x 70mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 2-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/187.

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[London : Jones & Co. 1831]. An elegant antique print - a view from the south-east of the church more formally known as Holy Sepulchre without Newgate - burial place of Roger Ascham, Governor John Smith of Virginia and the engraver, Sir Robert Peake. Amongst the well-dressed figures parading before the church a drover attempts to turn some cattle back towards Giltspur Street and nearby Smithfield. Engraved by Samuel Lacey (fl.1810-1846) from an original sketch (versions of which are now in the Museum of London and the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864), the master recorder of 19th century London. From Shepherd's part-work series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 116 x 151mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/143.

£20

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A pleasant antique print of London's oldest church, where William Hogarth was baptised in 1797. Engraved by Thomas Higham (1796-1844) from an original study (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 117 x 67mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 2-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/120.

£25

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