ANTIQUE PRINTS OF WATLING STREET AT
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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print - looking eastwards along Watling Street towards the old Wren church (pulled down in 1875). Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 145 x 106mm (approx 5-3/4" x 4-1/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : Jones & Co., 1830]. A charming antique print - a lively street scene looking eastwards along Watling Street towards the old Wren church and Budge Row, with a heavily laden wagon, pedestrians, etc. The church was pulled down in 1875, although part of the spire survives in the garden of Forest Hill Social Club. Engraved by Archelaus Cruse (1806-1861) from an original sketch (now in the Museum of London) 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 111 x 68mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/079.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A delightful antique print - a lively street scene with pedestrians and horse drawn wagons. The view depicts the western end of Watling Street, with the dome of St Paul's looming behind the church of St. Austin (or St. Augustine). Engraved by Samuel Lacey (1786-1859) from an original pencil drawing (now in the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of ninteenth-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 108 x 71mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 2-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/096.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1830]. An antique print - an attractive view of the Wren church situated between Queen Victoria Street, Watling Street and Bow Lane. Engraved by William Watkins (fl.1828-1848) from a pencil and sepia sketch (now in the Guildhall collection) 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 108 x 68mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 2-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/062.

£25

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