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[London : Cassell & Co., 1878]. A handsome antique print of the Foreign Office, built by Sir George Gilbert Scott between 1868 and 1873. His Italianate design is seen from the park, with soldiers, swans and a rowing boat in the foreground. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 149 x 194mm (approx. 5-7/8" x 7-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£75

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive and interesting antique print - the famous old Milk Fair - milk straight from cows tethered beneath the awnings. Engraved by John Greenaway and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 106 x 145mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-3/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : Richard Godfrey, 1779. An unusual antique print - a view across St. James's Park to Westminster Abbey (here before the completion of the second western tower) and Buckingham House (before it became a royal palace). Engraved by Edmund Scott (1746-1810) from a drawing made "on the spot by the late ingenious Mr Hackell" and originally published in 1776, but here in a slightly later impression.
Etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 153 x 203mm (approx. 6" x 8"). A few faint marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 56/007.

£75

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[London : William S. Orr & Co., 1856]. A handsome antique print - a view across a St. James's Park lively with women and children at play - towards Westminster Abbey. Engraved by the highly skilled Thomas Abiel Prior (1809-1866) from an original study by William Harvey. Originally produced in 1850 for the part-work publication "The Land We Live In" (London : 1847-1851) - and here in a slightly later impression.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 153 x 203mm (approx. 6-1/8" x 8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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[London : 1878]. A handsome antique print of the Foreign Office, built by Sir George Gilbert Scott between 1868 and 1873. His Italianate design is seen from the park, with soldiers, swans and a rowing boat in the foreground. Drawn and lithographed by "Maclure & Macdonald" as a supplementary presentation plate plate for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Lithograph on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 149 x 196mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1838 (or later)]. A charming antique print - a view looking south across St. James's Park to Whitehall and Westminster. Engraved by John Charles Varrall (1794-1855) from an original study by the landscape painter Charles Marshall. Originally produced for the part-work "Select Illustrated Topography of Thirty Miles Round London" (London 1837-1838).
Steel line engraving on paper. 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 190/025.

£35

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[London : E. T. Brain & Co., 1847]. A highly attractive antique print of St. James's Park - with swans and ducks on the lake, fashionable visitors, and Westminster Abbey in the distance. An engraving by Albert Henry Payne, originally produced for Payne's "Illustrated London, or a Series of Views in the British Metropolis and its Vicinity" (London : 1846-1847).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 95 x 140mm (approx. 3-3/4" x 5-1/2"). A couple faint and tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/024.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print - Storey's Gate with a sentry - a coach and pair coming through. Engraved by John Greenaway (1816-1890) from a study (based on an earlier source) by William Henry Prior. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 144 x 210mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 8-1/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. An attractive antique print - the fashionable Sunday promenade in St. James's Park, the grand avenue leading to Buckingham Palace in the distance, St. James's Palace to the right. Also to the right of the plate are the two Horse Guards deployed in patrolling the Park while the Royal family was in town. Engraved by Edward Edwards (1738-1806) from an original study by Edward Pugh, and originally produced for Phillips' part-work "Modern London : Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis" (London : 1804).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 142 x 185mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 7-1/4"). A few slight marks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/006.

£50

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[London : 1837 (or later)]. A charming antique print of the park, with groups of figures sitting and strolling by the lake. Engraved by John Woods (fl.1835-1855) from a drawing by the landscape-painter John Francis Salmon. 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 153mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 188/026.

£40

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A pleasant antique print - the magnificent town-house commissioned by the Grand Old Duke of York in 1825, originally known as York House, later as Stafford House, and for the last hundred years as Lancaster House. Engraved by Robert Wallis (1794-1878) from an original study (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for Shepherd's partwork series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 96 x 151mm (approx. 3-3/4" x 6"). Very small and faint mark in lower margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/052.

£30

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A pleasant antique print - the magnificent town-house commissioned by the Grand Old Duke of York in 1825, originally known as York House, later as Stafford House, and for the last hundred years as Lancaster House. Engraved by Robert Wallis (1794-1878) from an original study (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for Shepherd's partwork series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 96 x 151mm (approx. 3-3/4" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/052.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A pleasant antique print - the now-demolished parliamentary offices in Storey's Gate - built by Decimus Burton in 1826. Engraved by Josiah Henshall (1801?-1869) from an original study (now in Westminster Public Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd's part-work series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 107 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/077.

£25

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print - the Horse Guards as it looked in the seventeenth century. Engraved by Joseph Swain from an earlier study and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 106 x 143mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print - a view acros the water to the Foreign Office - pleasure-boats in the foreground. Engraved by Richard and Edward Taylor from an original study by Frank Watkins (fl.1859-1894). Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 106 x 144mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print - the inner courtyard of Sir George Gilbert Scott's italianate Foreign Office - built 1868-1873. Engraved from an original study by Frank Watkins (fl.1859-1894) and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 125 x 144mm (approx. 4-7/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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