ANTIQUE PRINTS OF WALBROOK WARD AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
43 HURON ROAD
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UNITED KINGDOM

London : John Bowles and Carington Bowles, [ca.1764]. A fine and scarce mid eighteenth century perspective view of the Mansion House, with Walbrook to the right and Cornhill and Lombard Street to the east beyond. The mayoral coach jostles for space on the road with smaller coaches, a sedan chair, a milkmaid, etc. Published by the father and son combination of John Bowles (1701?-1779) of Cornhill and Carington Bowles (fl.1752-1793) of St. Paul's Churchyard.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 169 x 255mm (approx. 6-5/8" x 10"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. An atmospheric antique print of the busy Victorian platforms and waiting steam trains. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker (1862-1934) 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 158 x 219mm (approx. 6-1/4" x 8-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A vignette view of the interior of the court - a hearing in progress. 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 110 x 138mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 5-3/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A vignette view of the bank and the lane busy with top-hatted workers. 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 115 x 64mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 2-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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[London : Cassell & Co., 1878]. A handsome antique print of the imposing Victorian facade of Cannon Street Station, the courtyard alive with pedestrian and horse-drawn traffic. Drawn and lithographed by "Maclure & Macdonald" as a supplementary presentation plate for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Lithograph on paper. Engraved surface 145 x 197mm (approx 5-3/4" x 7-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print - engraved by the Typographic Etching Co. from an original study (based on an earlier source) by William Henry Prior and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878). Signed and dated 1873 in the block.
Wood engraving on paper. Engraved surface 220 x 146mm (approx. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : R. Ackermann, 1809. A fine antique print - offering an interior view of Wren's domed masterpiece, with the congregation at worship. Engraved by John Bluck (fl.1791-1822) from a design by Pugin and Rowlandson - Rowlandson contributing the figures and Pugin the architectural detail. Originally produced for Ackermann's part-work "The Microcosm of London" (London : 1808-1810).
Etching and aquatint on paper. Full original hand colour. Engraved surface 216 x 257mm (approx. 8-1/2" x 10-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 99/090.

£125

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[London : 1841]. A lively antique print of the pillared and beflagged interior of the Mansion House on a banquet night - the Lord Mayor for 1839, Samuel Wilson, entertains the Wilson clan. Engraved by Henry Melville (fl.1826-1844) after Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864) and originally produced for the part-work "London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition" (London : 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 153 x 186 mm (approx. 6" x 7-1/4"). Trimmed a little close; some faint marking to blank margins, but otherwise in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/006.

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[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. A small antique print - the stone of legend - the heart of London and traditionally the first milestone of the kingdom. Engraved by James Baylis Allen (1803-1876) from an original 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 100 x 72mm (approx. 4" x 2-7/8"). Trimmed tight, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/039.

£20

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A lively antique print - an animated view of Cannon Street busy with traffic and the old Wren church (destroyed in 1941) at the corner of St. Swithin's Lane. The celebrated "London Stone" is clearly seen set in the wall of the church. Engraved by James Tingle (1801-1858) from an original pencil drawing (now in the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. 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 96 x 148mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/136.

£30

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[London : 1852]. A pleasing antique print of the beflagged and columned interior of the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion House in the City of London. Originally produced for the part-work "Tallis's Illustrated London" (1850-1852).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 98 x 132mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-1/4"). In very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 215/058.

£25

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London : Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1810. A handsome antique print - the Mansion House from the west - Lombard Street beyond. Engraved by the Scottish engraver John Burnet (1784-1868) from an original study by the painter and architect James Robert Thompson (fl.1806-1848). Originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 165 x 107mm (approx. 6-1/2" x 4-1/4"). One tiny hole, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 104/018.

£30

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