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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.

£50

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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.

£40

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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.

£100

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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 : Richard Phillips, 1804. A charming antique print - an itinerant street vendor sells brightly-coloured morocco slippers by the west side of the Strand entrance to Somerset House. Wearing his national dress, this "venerable Turk" had been a familiar figure on the Strand, Cheapside and Cornhill for many years - respected for not harrying his potential customers, but simply showing his slippers. His prices ranged from one shilling and sixpence to two shillings per pair. The window to his left was that of the Royal Academy, then quartered at Somerset House. 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) 132 x 100mm (approx. 5-1/4" x 4"). Faint mark to outer blank margin, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/051.

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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 - scientific 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 166 x 189mm (approx. 6-1/2" x 7-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/061.

£40

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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.

£40

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London : Read & Co., [1851]. A delightful antique print - a view of the Strand, with a bustle of traffic on horse and on foot, the Chelsea and Pimlico omnibuses heading westwards, etc. Engraved by Edward Chavanne (fl.1833-1855) from an original study by Samuel Read R.W.S., draughtsman, illustrator and painter. From 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 182 x 224mm (approx. 7-1/8" x 8-7/8"). A few faint marks to lower margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/026.

£125

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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 (1794?-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. Later hand colour. 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.

£30

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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.

£40

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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.

£30

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[London : J. Johnston, 1820]. An attractive and unusual antique print - the naive and pedantic fictional character, Doctor Syntax, points out the finer points of art to a stout party while real life goes ignored. The scene is the Royal Academy summer exhibition, then still housed at Somerset House. Attributed to various artists, of whom the most likely is perhaps Charles Williams (fl.1797-1830). Originally produced for the partwork "The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis" (1820).
Aquatint on paper, with original hand colour. Engraved surface 121 x 188mm (approx. 4-3/4" x 7-3/8"). Some very faint discolouration to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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