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London : Brandon, [ca. 1843]. A scarce contemporary engraving of the Thames Tunnel, captions below the image referring to the dimensions, cost, etc., as well as the date of opening in March 1843. Engraved and published by the obscure Thomas Brandon of 28 Monkwell Street.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 128 x 140mm (approx. 5" x 5-1/2"). A touch dusty, a few faint marks and creases, two light vertical folds, but overall in good state for a scarce and ephemeral item.

£25

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[London : 1772]. A handsome antique print - the eighteenth-century church of St. John at Wapping, with its curious architecture and nets of flowers on the graves. 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 180 x 237mm (approx. 7-1/8" x 9-3/8"). Cropped a little close to neatlines, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/114B.

£40

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London : J. Booth, 1818. A handsome antique print - the exterior of the Hawksmoor church of St. George in the East, with its distinctive pepperpot towers. Engraved by S. Jenkins from an original drawing (now in the Guildhall Library) 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 274 x 167mm (approx. 10-3/4" x 6-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/045.

£100

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[London : for A. Churchill, J. Knapton & others, 1720]. A highly attractive early eighteenth-century map - a double image with separate maps of the riverside parishes of Wapping and Shadwell. The first depicts the old sickle-shaped parish of Wapping extending north to Well Street and Neptune Street, down to the river via Nightingale Lane, and along Wapping High Street, via Wapping Stairs and Execution Dock, to Cinnamon Street, etc. The second shows the more compact parish of Shadwell, tightly packed around the church, with Wapping Wall, etc, to the south. Keyed tables give the names of dozens of the smaller streets, courts and alleys. Originally produced for the 1720 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 283 x 364mm (approx. 11-1/8" x 14-3/8"). Original light vertical fold; one small spot in upper margin, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£150

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[London : for W. Innys & J. Richardson, J. & P. Knapton & others], 1755. A highly attractive early eighteenth-century map - a double image with separate maps of the riverside parishes of Wapping and Shadwell. The first depicts the old sickle-shaped parish of Wapping extending north to Well Street and Neptune Street, down to the river via Nightingale Lane, and along Wapping High Street, via Wapping Stairs and Execution Dock, to Cinnamon Street, etc. The second shows the more compact parish of Shadwell, tightly packed around the church, with Wapping Wall, etc, to the south. Keyed tables give the names sixty-eight of the smaller streets, courts and alleys. Originally published in 1720, the present version of the map was produced for the 1754-1756 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 283 x 364mm (approx. 11-1/8" x 14-3/8"). Original light vertical fold; some mild browning and offsetting; short tears to upper margin, but overall in good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 37/078.

£125

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[London : 1860]. A charming antique print of the entrance to the Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel - the world's first underwater tunnel, completed by Marc Brunel in 1843. The tunnel was converted to railway use in the 1860s and still carries London Underground trains. The view depicts the elegant twin horseshoe shaped archways, the pedestrian stairs and gallery, etc. Originally produced for Thomas Dugdale's part-work survey published as "The Curiosities of Great Britain" or "England Delineated" in various formats between 1838 and 1860.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 105 x 123mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 4-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 186/029.

£30

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[London : Read & Co., 1855]. A scarce and handsome antique print - a view of the elegant twin horseshoe shaped archways, the pedestrian stairs and galleries, the decorated inner rotunda, etc., of the Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel - the world's first underwater tunnel, completed by Marc Brunel in 1843. The tunnel was converted to railway use in the 1860s and still carries London Underground trains. Engraved by W. Lacey (fl.1830-1855) from an original study by T. H. Jones (fl.1836-1855). Originally produced for the scarce 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. Engraved surface 171 x 225mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 8-7/8"). Slight creasing to upper corner, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/064.

£50

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A charming antique print of the entrance to the Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel - the world's first underwater tunnel, completed by Marc Brunel in 1843. The tunnel was converted to railway use in the 1860s and still carries London Underground trains. The view depicts the elegant twin horseshoe shaped archways, the pedestrian stairs and galleries, and a stall apparently selling souvenirs to fashionably attired visitors. 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 93 x 138mm (approx. 3-5/8" x 5-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/059.

£25

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London : J. Booth, 1818. A handsome antique print - a view from the graveyard of the old church of St. John at Wapping, with its clock-tower and cupola. Engraved by William Angus (1752-1821) from an original study (now in the Guildhall Library) 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 201 x 223mm (approx. 7-7/8" x 8-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/059.

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London : Jones & Co., 1831. A delightful antique print - a view of the docks with barges and barrels in the foreground and a sea of masts in the background. Engraved by M. J. Starling (fl.1831-1848) from an original study 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 109 x 159mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 6-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/123.

£50

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London : [ca.1845]. An uncommon antique print - the Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel, completed by Marc Brunel in 1843 -a vignette view depicting the elegant twin horseshoe shaped archways, the pedestrian stairs and gallery, numerous visitors come to admire, etc. Drawn and engraved by John Shury (fl.1815-1849).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 130 x 156mm (approx. 5-1/8" x 6-1/8"). Cropped close and laid down on album paper, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print - a composite view showing both the tunnel itself and the view across the Thames at surface level. The Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel - the world's first underwater tunnel, completed by Marc Brunel in 1843. Engraved by Joseph Swain and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 216 x 143mm (approx 8-1/2" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : Tombleson & Co., [1834]. A very early antique print of the Thames Tunnel - at this date still under construction - a view along a completed section of the distinctive horse-shoe shaped tunnel, with fashionably-dressed visitors, etc. The view is set within a finely engraved emblematic border - classical figures supporting mighty columns, a frieze of picks, spades and shovels, a boat with the arms of the City of London, etc. Engraved by Henry Winkles (1800-1860) from an original study by William Tombleson (fl.1824-1846). Originally published with the part-work series "Tombleson's Views of the Thames and Medway" (London : 1833-1834).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 217 x 169 (approx. 8-5/8" x 6-3/4"). A few faint and minor marks, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/062.

£50

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