ANTIQUE PRINTS OF ST. JAMES'S STREET AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
43 HURON ROAD
LONDON SW17 8RE
UNITED KINGDOM

London : Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1821 [but 1830]. An attractive antique print - the interior of Angelo's Fencing Academy in St. James's Street - a scene originally produced to illustrate Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (London : 1820-1821) - and here in a slightly later impression. Drawn and engraved by the Cruikshank brothers.
Etching and aquatint on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 119 x 196mm (approx. 4-3/4" x 7-5/8"). Some soiling and staining to outer margins, but otherwise in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An antique print - a horse-drawn cab trots along a still residential Bury Street. 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.

£25

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[London : L. Tallis, 1849]. A charming antique print - the Bazaar, at the corner of King Street and St. James's Street, opened in 1832. The building (now No. 10 St. James's Street and 20-21 King Street) was later occupied by the Junior Army & Navy Club, and subsequently the Motor Union Insurance Company. Originally produced for Thomas Dugdale's part-work survey published as "The Curiosities of Great Britain" or "England Delineated" in various formats between 1838 and 1860.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 98 x 134mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1838 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print - a small view of St. James's Street - and in particular of English's St. James's Royal Hotel (on the west side, facing up Pall Mall). Originally produced as an illustration for Part 14 of "Tallis's London Street Views" (London : 1838-1840) and here in a slightly later form.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 77 x 112mm (approx. 3" x 4-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 186/058.

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. An attractive antique print - St. James's Street and the Conservative Club, built by Sydney Smirke and George Basevi between 1843 and 1845 - St. James's Palace beyond. 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. Engraved surface 95 x 138mm (approx. 3-3/4" x 5-1/2"). One small mark in lower margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/027.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An antique print - the exterior of the legendary private club and gambling house - designed by Benjamin & Philip Wyatt. The premises eventually passed to the Devonshire Club and are now occupied by the Jamaican High Commission. Engraved by John Quartley (fl.1835-1878) 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 105 x 144mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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Paris : Maison Martinet [1862]. A scarce and handsome antique print - a lively view down St. James's Street to St. James's Palace - the Conservative Club prominent to the right, royal coaches heading away from the Palace. Originally produced for Charles Riviere's fine series of "Vues de Londres" (Paris : 1862).
Tint lithograph on paper. Later hand colour. Image area 175 x 258mm (approx. 6-7/8" x 10-1/8"). Faint vertical fold, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A charming antique print - a lively street scene with a coach and pair, horsemen passing by, etc. - and the legendary private club and gambling house - designed by Benjamin & Philip Wyatt and at that date newly opened. The premises eventually passed to the Devonshire Club and are now occupied by the Jamaican High Commission. Engraved by William Tombleson (fl.1824-1846) from an original study 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 99 x 151mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : J. Mead, 1842]. An interesting antique print - a Sunday-night dinner at the old Thatched House Tavern in St. James's Street. Horace Walpole described the Dilettanti Society as "a club for which the nominal qualification is having been in Italy, and the real one, being drunk" - perhaps a little unfair on a Society which did much to revive interest in the remains of classical antiquity. Engraved by John Henry le Keux (1812-1896) from an original study by Thomas Henry Shepherd. Originally produced for the part-work "London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition" (London : 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 155 x 188mm (approx. 6-1/8" x 7-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/023.

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