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[Leiden : 1707]. A fine early eighteenth century print of St. Mary Overie (St. Saviour) in Southwark - now Southwark Cathedral. Old St. Paul's can be seen in the distance and in the foreground there are what Adams succinctly describes as "a bear, a beggarman and a brawl". Based on an earlier view by Wenceslas Hollar and originally produced for Pieter van der Aa's publication "Les Délices de la Grand'Bretagne" (Leiden 1707).
Etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 128 x 158mm (approx. 5" x 6"). Old folds, paper slightly toned with age, but a good sharp impression in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 20/035.

£75

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[London : 1837 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print of St. Saviour (Southwark Cathedral) from the south, with the road leading to London Bridge, etc. A market vehicle spills its load in the foreground. Engraved by John Woods (fl.1835-1855) from a composite study by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") (1815-1882) and Robert Garland (d.1863). Originally produced for 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 114 x 152mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 6"). In fine and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : W.S.Orr, 1837 (but later)]. A pleasant antique print of St. Saviour (Southwark Cathedral) from the south, with the road leading to London Bridge, etc. A market vehicle spills its load in the foreground. Engraved by John Woods (fl.1835-1855) from a composite study by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") (1815-1882) and Robert Garland (d.1863). Originally produced for Woods' "History of London : Illustrated by Views", first published in parts 1837-1838 and subsequently reissued in various guises between 1838 and 1862.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 114 x 152mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 6"). Faint mark in lower margin, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 188/009.

£25

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London : J. Booth, 1814. A handsome antique print - a view of Southwark Cathedral from the south-west - a horse and cart pass by. Engraved by Joseph Skelton (1781?-1850) from an original study 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 216 x 214mm (approx. 8-1/2" x 8-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/110.

£75

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[London] : 1647 [but later]. A fine etching of the seventeenth century St. Mary Overie from the south - a distant view of old St. Paul's beyond. Etched by the celebrated Wenceslas Hollar and originally published as one of his "Prospects" series in 1647, with the present impression - the plate retouched and printed on wove paper - dated to the late eighteenth century.
Etching on wove paper. Engraved surface 146 x 253mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 10"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 5/001.

£125

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. An atmospheric view of Southwark from the moonlit river - a train with lights ablaze heads towards Cannon Street. 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.

£30

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[London : 1852]. An attractive antique print - Southwark Cathedral with traffic passing by. 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) - a publication advertised by a man carrying a placard in the print itself - and here in a slightly later impression.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 137 x 87mm (approx. 5-3/8" x 3-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London] : 1886. A charming and delicate etching by Herbert Railton giving a reconstructed view of Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge with its houses and the City as it may have stood in about 1560. Dated 1886 in the plate.
Etching on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 224 x 162mm (approx. 8-7/8" x 6-1/2"). Paper just a little toned with age, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : J. Booth, 1814. A handsome antique print - an exterior view of the eighteenth-century church, now the Chapter House to Southwark Cathedral. Part of the tower was once used as an operating theatre for St. Thomas's Hospital. Engraved by William Wise (fl.1790-1818) from an original drawing (now in the British Museum) by George Sidney Shepherd. 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 269 x 171mm (approx. 10-5/8" x 6-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/121.

£75

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London : Tombleson & Co., [1834]. A most attractive antique print of Southwark as seen across the Thames, with the southern end of London Bridge, the tower of the cathedral, etc. An intricate engraved border in a gothic vineleaf design surrounds the image. Engraved by James Tingle (1801-1858) from an original study by William Tombleson (fl.1824-1846) and 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 167 x 213mm (approx. 6-7/8" x 8-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/054.

£75

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