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[Leiden : Pieter van der Aa, 1727]. An engaging early eighteenth-century print of old Somerset House- a bird's eye view of the house and gardens from the river. Originally produced for Pieter van der Aa's publication "Les Délices de la Grand'Bretagne" (Leiden : 1707). The present edition is dated to 1727.
Etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 124 x 153mm (approx. 4-7/8" x 6"). Faint old folds, but still in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 20/022.

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[London : 1837 (but later)]. A very attractive antique print depicting the Strand busy with hurrying traffic - Somerset House to the right, St. Mary le Strand ahead. Engraved by William Edward Albutt (fl.1836-1863) from an original study by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"). Originally produced for John Woods' "History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster", first published in parts 1837-1838 and subsequently reissued in various guises.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 118 x 152mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : Read & Co., 1851]. A scarce and handsome antique print - a view of the imposing nineteenth century river front of Somerset House from the parapet of Waterloo Bridge. Engraved by Thomas Clark (fl.1831-1855) and originally produced for the 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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 176 x 223mm (approx. 7" x 8-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/025.

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[London : R. Baldwin, 1773]. An elegant antique print - eighteenth century Somerset House from the Thames - engraved by Joseph Collyer and originally produced for John Noorthouck's "A New History of London" (London : 1773).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 89 x 143mm (approx 3-1/2" x 5-5/8"). Very faint offsetting, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 51/032B.

£40

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[London : 1860]. A pleasant antique print - a view of Somerset House from the river - St. Paul's in the distance. Originally produced for Thomas Dugdale's part-work survey published as "The Curiosities of Great Britain" or "England Delineated" in various formats between 1838 and 1860.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 99 x 126mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : J. Mead, 1844]. An attractive antique print depicting a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries, then occupying Somerset House. Portraits line the walls of the candle-lit room, there are books and papers on the central table and the Fellows engage in learned conversation. Engraved by Henry Melville (fl.1826-1844) after Frederick William Fairholt, himself elected a Fellow of the Society in the year the print was published. Originally produced for the part-work "London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition" (London : 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 162 x 190mm (approx. 6-3/8" x 7-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/062.

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[London : J. Mead, 1844]. A highly attractive antique print - a meeting of the Fellows of the Royal Society - conversation beneath the portraits of their distinguished predecessors in a candle-lit room. Engraved by Henry Melville (fl.1826-1844) from an original study by Frederick William Fairholt and originally produced for the part-work "London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition" (London : 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 167 x 189mm (approx. 6-1/2" x 7-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/061.

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[London : for S. Ireland, 1792]. An attractive and interesting late eighteenth-century print - a design by Thomas Sandby (1721-1798) for a handsome bridge over the Thames near Somerset House, complete with covered walks for pedestrians, triumphal arches and domed tempietos. Originally produced for Ireland's "Picturesque Views on the River Thames" (London : 1792).
Sepia aquatint on paper. Engraved surface 127 x 165mm (approx. 5" x 6-1/2"). A few tiny marks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 71/051.

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[London : for S. Ireland, 1799]. A very attractive antique print - a view of eighteenth century Somerset House from the Thames. From an original study by the print-dealer and amateur painter Samuel Ireland (fl.1760-1800). Originally produced for Ireland's "Picturesque Views on the River Thames" (1792) - and here in a later impression.
Sepia aquatint on paper. Engraved surface 126 x 165mm (approx. 5" x 6-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 71/050.

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London : Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1810. A pleasant antique print - Somerset House from the Thames - St. Paul's in the dstance beyond. Engraved by John le Keux (1783-1846) from an original study by Frederick Mackenzie. Originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 110 x 151mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6"). Tiny mark to left-hand blank margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : T. Hughes, 1805. A stylish antique print - Somerset House and the early nineteenth-century Strand. Engraved by William Poole (fl.1802-1806) from his own original study. 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 102 x 149mm (approx. 4" x 5-7/8"). Mild creasing to lower margin, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 96/043.

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. An antique print - the elegant quadrangle of Somerset House built by Sir William Chambers. Engraved by William Deeble (1791-1861) from an original sketch 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. Engraved surface 107 x 157mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 6-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/158.

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[London : J. Mead, 1842]. An attractive antique print - an interior of the old Navy Museum (fore-runner of the National Maritime Museum) then housed in Somerset House and attached to the offices of the Surveyor-General of the Navy - a guide points out to visitors the features of a large model of a three-decker ship of the line. Engraved by Henry Melville (fl.1826-1844) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and originally produced for the part-work "London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition" (London : 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 200 x 133 mm (approx. 7-7/8" x 5-1/4"). A few small and faint marks, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/018.

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[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. A handsome antique print - the Strand busy with horse-drawn and pedestrian traffic - Somerset House and St. Mary le Strand beyond. Engraved by William Tombleson (fl.1824-1846) 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. Engraved surface 101 x 150m (approx. 4" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/005.

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London : Tombleson & Co., [1833]. A handsome antique print of the river front of Somerset House, looking towards the City of London and with St. Paul's on the horizon. With an engraved decorative border of antiquarian and artistic motifs. Engraved by Henry Winkles (1800-1860) from an original design by William Tombleson (fl.1824-1846). Originally published in 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 157 x 189mm (approx. 6-1/4" x 7-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/050.

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London : J. Stratford, 1806. A pleasant antique print - Somerset House from the river - a view from the south-east. Engraved by Ambrose William Warren (fl.1805-1856) from a drawing by the noted John Varley. Originally produced for James Stratford's part-work series "London; being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and its Neighbourhood ... by David Hughson" (London : 1805-1810). "Hughson" was in fact the pseudonym of David Pugh.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 107 x 162mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 6-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 93/037.

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[London : R. & J. Dodsley, 1761]. A charming eighteenth century print of old Somerset House from the river. Engraved by Edward Rooker (fl.1749-1777) 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 87 x 139mm (approx. 3-1/2" x 5-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 41/066.

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