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[London : 1860]. A small antique print of Highbury College – designed by John Davies, opened in 1826 and destroyed by fire in 1946. Part of the grounds were sold to Arsenal Football Club in 1913, and the site of the college itself is marked by a garden in Aubert Park. 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. Engraved surface 76 x 112mm (approx. 3” x 4-3/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 186/043.

£20

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London : Jones & Co., 1827. An attractive antique print – the classical portico and wings of the independent theological college designed by John Davies, opened in 1826 and destroyed by fire in 1946. Part of the grounds were sold to Arsenal Football Club in 1913, and the site of the college itself is marked by a garden in Aubert Park. Engraved by Thomas Dale (fl.1818-1828) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 101 x 153mm (approx. 4” x 6”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/020.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. An attractive antique print – the old Royal Caledonian Asylum on the Caledonian Road (on the site of the modern Caledonian Estate) topped with its statue of St. Andrew and the Royal Arms of Scotland. The asylum was originally instituted in Hatton Garden in 1815 “for supporting and educating the children of soldiers, sailors, marines, &c. natives of Scotland, or born of indigent Scottish parents resident in London”. The children’s Highland dress in Royal Stewart tartan excited much local comment. Engraved by Thomas Barber (1799?-1876) from an original study (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 100 x 141mm (approx. 4” x 5-5/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/120.

£25

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