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London : C. Tilt, 1838. An attractive antique print - the fine interior of the Wren church of All Hallows the Great, which formerly occupied part of the present site of Mondial House. The view shows the chancel screen and pulpit sounding-board now removed to St. Margaret Lothbury. Engraved by Thomas Turnbull (fl.1827-1843) from an original study by the painter and architect Robert William Billings. Originally produced for George Godwin's serially published "The Churches of London" (London : 1837-1839).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 117 x 152mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 189/062.

£25

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[London : 1772]. A handsome antique print - an austere elevation of the Wren church of All Hallows the Great. Originally engraved by Benjamin Cole (fl.1723-1767) for the part-work edition of William Maitland's "History of London" (London: 1753-1756), but here in a slightly later printing from 1772.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 209 x 242mm (approx. 8-1/4" x 9-1/2"). Trimmed tight to neatlines, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/047A.

£40

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London : J. Booth, 1812. A handsome antique print - the exterior of the Wren church demolished in 1831 to make way for the King William Street approach to the new London Bridge. Engraved by Joseph Skelton (1785-1850) from an original drawing (now in the British Museum) by John Coney. 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 two lines of explanatory text.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 257 x 165mm (approx. 10-1/8" x 6-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/085.

£75

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London : J. Booth, 1812. A handsome antique print - a view of Upper Thames Street, Huggin Hill and the old Wren church demolished by the City Corporation in 1876. Engraved by Joseph Skelton (1781?-1850) from an original study (now in the British Museum) by John Coney. 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 278 x 167mm (approx. 10-7/8" x 6-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/094.

£75

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A pleasant vignetted late Victorian print of Upper Thames Street and the Wren church of St. Mary Somerset. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker and engraved in Paris by Ch. Guillaume & Cie. for the Leadenhall Press publication "London City" (1891).
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Later hand colour. Image area 147 x 96mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 3-7/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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[London : J. Tallis & Co., 1852]. A small antique print of the elegant Wren exterior. 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 dating from 1852.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 64 x 85mm (approx. 2-1/2" x 3-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/090B.

£20

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A Victorian representation of the mid sixteenth-century Steelyard - the cluster of buildings and the quay from the river - the London headquarters of the powerful Hanseatic League that formerly stood on the site of Cannon Street Station. From a study (based on Anthony van den Wyngaerde's sixteenth-century drawing) 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 146 x 222mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 8-3/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Jones & Co., 1832]. An attractive antique print - a delightful view of the Wren church of All Hallows the Great, which formerly occupied part of the present site of Mondial House. A wagon waits outside the brewery of Felix Calvert & Co. next door to the church. Engraved by John James Hinchliff (1805-1875) from a pencil drawing (now in the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-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 110 x 152mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/179.

£30

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A most attractive small antique print - a pleasant view of the Wren church on Upper Thames Street, only the tower of which survives. Engraved by Edward John Roberts (1797-1865) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-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 112 x 71mm (approx 4-1/2" x 2-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/178.

£20

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London : Jones & Co., [1831]. An antique print - an attractive view of the church from the south-east, showing parts of Upper Thames Street and Little Trinity Lane. In the foreground a cart is being unloaded near a doorway marked "Adlard", the premises of the stationer William Curtis Adlard at No.1 Queenhithe. This handsome church, rebuilt by Wren after the Great Fire, was demolished by the City Corporation in 1876. Engraved by James Tingle (1801-1858) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-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 127 x 150mm (approx. 5" x 5-7/8"). A couple of tiny marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/137.

£30

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London : Jones & Co., [1832]. A pleasant antique print of the exterior of Vintners' Hall on Upper Thames Street - two men trundle a hand-cart past the wrought-iron gates. Engraved by Robert Acon (1792-1880) from an original study (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd's part-work series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 106 x 148mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/174.

£25

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