ANTIQUE PRINTS OF ST. MARTIN LUDGATE AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
43 HURON ROAD
LONDON SW17 8RE
UNITED KINGDOM

London : J. Booth, 1814. A handsome antique print – a view up busy Ludgate Hill towards St. Paul’s, giving good detail of the Wren church of St. Martin within Ludgate and the adjacent houses. Engraved by S. Jenkins from an original study (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 274 x 160mm (approx. 10-3/4” x 6-1/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/072.

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