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[London : 1772]. A fine eighteenth century print of St. Giles Cripplegate and the churchyard. Engraved by Benjamin Cole (fl.1723-1767) and originally produced for the part-work edition of William Maitland's "History of London" (London : 1753-1756) - and here in a slightly later impression dating from 1772.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 181 x 243mm (approx. 7-1/8" x 9-5/8"). Cropped close to neatlines, just a touch dusty, but a very good sharp impression in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/058B.

£50

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A pleasant antique print - a vignette view of the Victorian City - the tower of St. Giles without Cripplegate dominating the adjacent streets. 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 150 x 96mm (approx. 5-7/8" x 3-3/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A charming small antique print - a view down Fore Street to the church - a flock of sheep heading towards the viewer. Engraved by James Tingle (1801-1858) from an original study (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864), the master recorder of 19th century London. fFom Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 101 x 67mm (approx 4" x 2-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/105.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1830. A charming antique print of the church now rebuilt in the centre of the Barbican development, the burial place of John Foxe, Martin Frobisher, John Milton and John Speed. A busy street scene, with a local shopkeeper advertising "Great Reduction in Gin". Engraved by Josiah Henshall (fl.1827-1863) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. From Shepherd's part-work series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 114 x 147mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 5-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/074.

£30

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London : N. Smith, 1792. An unusual antique print of the best-preserved part of London Wall as it stood in the late eighteenth century. Below the print are several lines of explanatory text. Engraved by John Thomas "Antiquity" Smith, draughtsman, etcher, author, scholar and later Keeper of Prints at the British Museum, and published by his father, Nathaniel Smith the "antient printseller", as part of their "Antiquities of London and Environs" series (1791-1800).
Etching and engraving on paper. Engraved surface 218 x 172mm (approx. 8-5/8" x 6-3/4"). A few faint marks; very faint crease to lower corner, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 70/003.

£40

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