ANTIQUE PRINTS OF THE STRAND AT
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[London : 1720]. A fine antique map of this part of central London - from Lincolns Inn Fields down to the Thames, with the Savoy and Somerset House on the Strand, St. Clement Dane, part of the Temple, Temple Bar, the western end of Fleet Street, St. Dunstan in the West, Chancery Lane, Carey Street, Drury Lane, etc. A keyed reference table gives the names of fifty-nine smaller courts, yards, inns, etc. Originally produced by Richard Blome in the late seventeenth century, the map remained unpublished until the present version (with his name erased) appeared with the 1720 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 294 x 353mm (approx. 11-5/8" x 13-7/8"). Very faint thinning towards foot of central fold, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/059.

£250

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[London : 1837 (but later)]. A very attractive antique print depicting the Strand busy with hurrying traffic - Somerset House to the right, St. Mary le Strand ahead. Engraved by William Edward Albutt (fl.1836-1863) from an original study by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"). Originally produced for John 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 118 x 152mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : 1772]. A fine eighteenth century antique print - an exterior view of the baroque James Gibbs church of St. Mary le Strand. 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 321 x 198mm (approx. 12-5/8" x 7-3/4"). Very faint creasing to upper corner, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/097.

£100

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[London : 1756]. A fine eighteenth century antique print - an exterior view of the Wren church of St. Clement Danes in the Strand. 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 360 x 216mm (approx. 14-1/8" x 8-1/2"). A few minor spots, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/088.

£100

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London : Cassell & Co., [1878]. A most attractive antique print of the Law Courts (the Royal Courts of Justice) in the Strand, built to the designs of George Edmund Street (1824-1881) between 1874 and 1882. Engraved by T. Cowan (fl.1870-1878) and originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate to the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 145 x 199mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 7-7/8"). A few faint marks to lower margin, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£75

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. A charming antique print - the dust-man rings his bell and cries out for the citizens to bring out their dust, ashes, cinders and refuse. Beyond his dust-cart is St. Mary-le-Strand. Everything was recycled - ashes sold for manure, cinders for fuel, bones to the burning-houses, and this daily service was entirely paid for from the proceeds - Londoners were not charged a penny. Engraved by Edward Edwards (1738-1806) from an original study by William Marshall Craig (fl.1788-1828), water-colour painter to Queen Charlotte. Originally produced for Phillips' part-work "Modern London : Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis" (London : 1804).
Etching and line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface (including quadruple-rule outer border) 132 x 102mm (approx. 5-1/4" x 4"). A couple of minor marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/034.

£50

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[London : 1844]. A highly attractive antique print depicting a meeting of the Fellows of the Royal Society - elegantly attired men discussing science beneath the portraits of their distinguished predecessors that line the candle-lit room. Engraved by Henry Melville (fl.1826-1844) from an original study by Frederick William Fairholt (1814-1866) and originally produced for the part-work "London Interiors: A Grand National Exhibition" (London 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 166 x 189mm (approx. 6-1/2" x 7-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/061.

£40

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A pleasant small antique print - crowds throng to the Adelphi Theatre in the Strand. The premises of George Batt and James Francis Rutley, seedsmen at 412 Strand, are shown in some prominence to the left (although erroneously giving Ball for Batt). 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 91 x 61mm (approx. 3-5/8" x 2-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/100A.

£20

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A neatly-worked small antique print - the Graeco-Corinthian Exeter Hall at no. 372 Strand, completed to the designs of Gandy Deering in 1831. Placards outside announce an anti-popery meeting, and the premises of Edward Cahan, tailor, at No. 371 (with billiards rooms above) are given some prominence to the right. The Strand Palace Hotel now stands on the site. 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 91 x 59mm (approx. 3-5/8" x 2-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/100B.

£20

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print of the busy entrance to the old Adelphi Theatre in the Strand (before it was rebuilt in 1858). Engraved from an original study by William Henry Prior and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 143 x 144mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : Read & Co., [1851]. A delightful antique print - a view of the Strand, with a bustle of traffic on horse and on foot, the Chelsea and Pimlico omnibuses heading westwards, etc. Engraved by Edward Chavanne (fl.1833-1855) from an original study by Samuel Read R.W.S., draughtsman, illustrator and painter. From the part-work series generally known as "The World's Metropolis, or Mighty London, Illustrated by a Series of Views Beautifully Engraved on Steel" (London 1851-1855).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 182 x 224mm (approx. 7-1/8" x 8-7/8"). A few faint marks to lower margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/026.

£125

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. An attractive small antique print - Devereux Court and the famous old hostelry. Engraved by M. J. Starling (fl.1829-1848) from a pencil drawing (now in the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 110 x 71mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/103.

£20

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London : Jones & Co., 1829. A charming antique print - a portion of the north side of the nineteenth-century Strand - just east of Burleigh Street - with the old Exeter 'Change, the home of Edward Cross's "Royal Menagerie" and a Billiard Room (on the site of the modern Burleigh House and Strand Palace Hotel) - with the adjacent shops and buildings. Engraved by Thomas Barber (fl.1818-1840) (who has covertly inserted his name over one of the Strand shops) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for Shepherd's part-work series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 117 x 150mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1842]. An antique print - an animated public meeting at Exeter Hall on the Strand (nowadays the site of the Strand Palace Hotel), presided over by Prince Albert in his first public appearance. Engraved by Henry Melville (fl.1826-1844) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and originally produced for the part-work "London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition" (London 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 156 x 178mm (approx. 6-1/8" x 7"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/010.

£40

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. An antique print - the elegant quadrangle of Somerset House built by Sir William Chambers. Engraved by William Deeble (1794?-1861) from an original sketch by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 107 x 157mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 6-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/158.

£30

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A small antique print of the old Inn of Chancery which used to stand off Wych Street - in a huddle of buildings roughly where Bush House now stands, swept away in the Aldwych-Kingsway redevelopment of the early twentieth century. Engraved by W. Symms from original studies (now in the Westminster archives) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. Originally produced for 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 112 x 70mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/098.

£20

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London : Jones & Co. 1830. A charming antique print of what was soon to become the south-east corner of Trafalgar Square - the Blackheath Coach waits by the statue of Charles I, a horse-drawn London omnibus passes westwards in front of the old Golden Cross coaching inn, Northumberland House (demolished to make way for Northumberland Avenue in 1874) and the Strand visible beyond. Engraved by Thomas Barber (fl.1818-1840) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864), the master recorder of 19th century London. Originally produced for Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 107 x 156mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 6-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/092.

£30

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[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. A handsome antique print - the Strand busy with horse-drawn and pedestrian traffic - Somerset House and St. Mary le Strand beyond. Engraved by William Tombleson (fl.1824-1846) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 101 x 150m (approx. 4" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/005.

£30

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[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. An attractive antique print - an exterior view of the Wren church nowadays particularly associated with the Royal Air Force. Engraved by Samuel Lacey (fl.1810-1846) from an original study (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864), 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 102 x 65mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 2-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/032.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., [1829]. A delightful antique print - a bustling street scene with pedestrians, the Bath Coach entering the City from the west and a heavily laden wagon leaving town. The view (in vignette form) depicts the eastern end of the Strand, with the beginnings of Fleet Street and the clock of St. Dunstan in the West beyond the Bar. The offices of the London Parcel Delivery Company at No. 10 Strand are clearly visible to the right. Engraved by the gifted William Wallis (1816-1855) from an original pencil drawing (now in the Guildhall Library) 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 109 x 131mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-1/4"). One small and faint crease, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/000.

£30

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