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[London : 1772]. An eighteenth century print of the facade of the recently built (in fact not yet finished) Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. 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 95 x 231mm (approx. 3-3/4" x 9-1/8"). Cropped into neatlines, one tiny hole, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/083B.

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[London : 1772]. A handsome antique print - the old Danish Church in Wellclose Square, built in 1696. 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 168 x 238mm (approx. 6-1/2" x 9-3/8"). Trimmed tight to margins, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/039A

£40

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London : J. Booth, 1816. A handsome antique print - the exterior of the old church of St. Mary Matfelon on the Whitechapel Road. 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 210 x 212mm (approx. 8-1/4" x 8-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/086.

£75

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London : G. Robinson, [ca. 1787]. An uncommon antique print - a neatly engraved elevation of the Royalty Theatre in Whitechapel, opened in 1787 and destroyed by fire in 1826. Originally produced for the monthly "Lady's Magazine, or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex".
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 103 x 164mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 6-1/2"). Trimmed a little tight, small marks on reverse suggestive of extraction from a scrap-album, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : 1720]. A most attractive early eighteenth century map of Whitechapel, showing the High Street leading out to the Mile End Road, Wentworth ("Wentford") and Montague Streets to the north, Mansell Street and Leman ("Lemon") Street running south, crossed by Alie ("Ailiff") Street, Wellclose Square, etc. Inset is a smaller map of the tiny parish of St. Katherine's by the Tower, now largely replaced by St. Katherine's Dock. Keyed tables give the names of dozens of streets, courts and alleys. Originally produced for the 1720 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 274 x 356mm (approx. 10-3/4" x 14"). One small area of very mild discolouration towards upper margin, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/047.

£200

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[London : Leadenhall Press 1891]. An antique print - a lively depiction of the busy market - from an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker. 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 218 x 159mm (approx. 8-5/8" x 6-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A charming Victorian antique print of the market in full spate - a lively study by C. Robinson (d.1881). Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 143 x 215mm (approx 5-5/8" x 8-1/2"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : 1837]. A charming antique print depicting the High Street from the east, with the spire of St. Botolph Aldgate, the Monument and the City of London beyond. The street bustles with traffic - a coach-and-four, a trap, and heavily-laden wagons - and some prominence is given to the exterior of a local barber's shop with a fine barber's pole. Engraved by John Cox (fl.1834-1839) from an original drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and 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 110 x 156mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 188/007.

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London : Jones & Co., 1831. A handsome antique print - the old church of St. Mary Matfelon on the Whitechapel Road. Engraved by James Tingle (1801-1858) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. Originally produced for Shepherd's partwork series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 120 x 150mm (approx. 4-3/4" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/106.

£25

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