ANTIQUE PRINTS OF ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL AT
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[London : 1724 (but later)]. An attractive antique print of the old St. Thomas's Hospital - a bird's-eye view showing the successive courtyards. Originally published by John Bowles in 1724, but here in a later impression on wove paper datable to the early years of the nineteenth century. Engraved below the image are seven lines of text on the history of the hospital, etc.
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. Adams 028/027 - 105/032.

£75

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London : Cassell & Co., [1878]. A most attractive antique print - an elevated view of St. Thomas's Hospital, then newly rebuilt on its present site - with the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge and Waterloo Station beyond. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate to the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 147 x 204mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print giving a view of the old St. Thomas's Hospital - the courtyard and the statue, etc. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 144 x 143mm (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 : 1720]. A handsome antique print - a bird's-eye view of the interior courtyards of the old eighteenth-century St. Thomas's Hospital south of London Bridge. The engraving - the earliest recorded of the hospital - is generally ascribed to Johannes Kip, who engraved most of the other views in this series. Originally produced to accompany the 1720 edition of John Stow's "A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster" (London : 1720).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 326 x 204mm (approx. 12-7/8" x 8"). Some slight discolouration to blank margins and verso, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 25/012.

£200

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[London : 1852]. A charming small antique print of the hospital. 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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 67 x 86mm (approx. 2-5/8" x 3-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/043B.

£25

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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 : Jones & Co., [1832]. A handsome antique print - an attractive view of the interior courtyard of the old nineteenth century St. Thomas's south of London Bridge (prior to the move to present site in 1871). Engraved by the highly skilled Thomas Higham (1796-1844) from an original study 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 103 x 150mm (approx. 4" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/165.

£30

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A most attractive antique print - an elevated view of St. Thomas's Hospital, then newly rebuilt on its present site - with the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge and Waterloo Station beyond. Designed by the architectural draughtsman and wood-engraver Thomas Sulman and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 144 x 211mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 8-1/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : R. & J. Dodsley, 1761]. A mid eighteenth-century print of the old hospital - the courtyard, a patient on crutches, etc. Engraved by William Elliott (1727-1766) 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 82 x 140mm (approx. 3-3/8" x 5-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 41/070.

£30

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London : J.T.Wood, [ca.1870]. An uncommon antique print - a vignette view of St. Thomas's - recently rebuilt on its present site - from the river. Published by Joseph Thomas Wood (fl.1842-1875) of the Strand.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 108 x 146mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

SOLD

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