ANTIQUE PRINTS OF STEPNEY AT
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London : 1755. A fine large eighteenth century print of St. Dunstan Stepney, with Durham Row beyond. 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).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 235 x 365mm (approx. 9" x 14-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/104.

£75

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[London] : 1755. A most attractive early eighteenth century map of Stepney parish and the East End hamlets of Bethnal Green, Bow, Bromley, Limehouse, Mile End, Poplar, Ratcliffe, Spitalfields, Wapping and the Isle of Dogs. A keyed table gives the names of over 100 streets, courts, walks and alleys. Altough seemingly rather earlier both in style and content, the map was first published with the 1754-1756 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 354 x 284mm (approx. 14" x 11-1/4"). Faint old folds, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 37/080.

£400

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[London] : 1755. A most attractive early eighteenth century map of Stepney parish and the East London hamlets of Bethnal Green, Limehouse, Mile End, Poplar, Ratcliffe, Spitalfields and Wapping. A keyed table gives the names of dozens of streets, courts and alleys. Originally published in 1720, the present (slightly revised) version of the map was produced for the 1754-1756 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 287 x 412mm (approx. 11-3/8" x 16-1/4"). Faint old folds, one tiny spot, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/049.

£250

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An unusual antique print of the old brick edifice known as St. John's Gate - "reputed to be the oldest house in Stepney". Engraved from a study - based on an earlier print by John Thomas "Antiquity" Smith (1766-1833) - and 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.

£20

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A charming antique print - the church from the churchyard. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 105 x 143mm (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 : Jones & Co., 1828. A handsome antique print of the imposing exterior of St. Philip's Stepney, built by John Walters in 1819. Engraved by William Deeble (1794?-1861) from an original study (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd's series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 104 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/102.

£25

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London : N. Smith, 1791. An unusual antique print of the old brick edifice - "reputed to be the oldest house in Stepney" - an engraved caption below the image gives a historical note. Engraved by John Thomas "Antiquity" Smith (1766-1833), 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. Later hand colour. 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 70/070.

£40

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