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London : C. Tilt, 1837. A stylish antique print - the exterior of St. Bartholomew the Great, seen through a Smithfield archway. Engraved by John le Keux (1783-1846) from an original study by the painter and architect Robert William Billings, who has inserted his name over the shop to the right . Originally produced for George Godwin's serially published "The Churches of London" (London : 1837-1839).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 165 x 100mm (approx. 6-1/2" x 3-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 189/009.

£25

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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.

£25

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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 : J. Booth, 1814. A handsome antique print - the exterior of St. Bartholomew the Less as it stood in the early nineteenth century. Engraved by S. Jenkins 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 210 x 204mm (approx. 8-1/4" x 8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/023.

£75

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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 antique print of the Victorian interior of Smithfield Market - a hive of activity, with buyers, sellers and porters. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 106 x 145mm (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 : 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.

£25

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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 : 1878 (or later)]. An interesting antique print - the celebrated old coaching inn behind St. Sepulchre - a sketch taken during its demolition in 1868. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 107 x 145mm (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 : 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.

£25

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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. 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 218 x 159mm (approx. 8-5/8" x 6-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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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.

£25

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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 : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A charming small antique print - the foot of Giltspur Street and the Compter built by George Dance (Junior) in 1787 and demolished in 1855. To the right, the premises of Elliot's Mineral Water Manufactory are given some prominence. 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.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 67 x 85mm (approx. 2-5/8" x 3-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/033A.

£20

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[London : E. T. Brain & Co., 1847]. A most pleasant antique print - Smithfield a hive of activity, sheep and cattle in the pens, Bart's Hospital and St. Paul's beyond. 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).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 91 x 140mm (approx. 3-5/8" x 5-1/2"). A couple of small marks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/045.

£30

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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.

£20

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London : T. Hughes, 1805. An attractive antique print - the eighteenth-century compter on Giltspur Street. Engraved by S. Owen (fl.1796-1838) from a study 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).
Etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 101 x 157mm (approx. 4" x 6-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 96/035.

£25

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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.

£25

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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.

£20

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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 (1786-1859) from an original sketch (versions of which are now in the Museum of London and the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-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.

£25

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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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