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[London : Read & Co., 1851]. A handsome antique print – the extraordinary interior of the original Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, as laid out for the Great Exhibition of 1851 – fountains, trees, statuary and wax flowers. Engraved by Edward Chavanne (1812-1881) from his own original study. Originally produced for the part-work series generally known as “The World’s Metropolis, or Mighty London, Illustrated by a Series of Views Beautifully Engraved on Steel” (1851-1855).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 189 x 235mm (approx. 7-1/2” x 9-1/4”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/042.

£40

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[London : Read & Co., 1851]. A handsome antique print – the magnificent interior of the original Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, as laid out for the Great Exhibition of 1851 – statuary, boats and parasols. Engraved by Edward Chavanne (1812-1881) from his own original study. Originally produced for the part-work series generally known as “The World’s Metropolis, or Mighty London, Illustrated by a Series of Views Beautifully Engraved on Steel” (1851-1855).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 189 x 235mm (approx. 7-1/2” x 9-1/4”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/045.

£40

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[London : T. Holmes, 1851]. A handsome and neatly engraved antique print – the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park at the time of the Great Exhibition. Originally produced for William Gray Fearnside & Thomas Harrel’s “Holmes’s Great Metropolis : or, Views and History of London in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1851).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 119 x 151mm (approx. 4-3/4” x 6”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 211/003.

£25

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[London : Cassell & Co., 1878]. A handsome antique print – the triple arches of the Hyde Park Screen designed by Decimus Burton at Hyde Park Corner, fashionable carriages clattering by, mounted policemen on duty, Park Lane beyond. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate to the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 142 x 208mm (approx. 5-5/8” x 8-1/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An antique print – the Crystal Palace as it looked in Hyde Park in 1851. Engraved by Joseph Swain (1820-1909) from an original study by Percy William Justyne. Originally produced for the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 139 x 208mm (approx. 5-1/2” x 8-1/4”). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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London : Cassell & Co., [1878]. A handsome antique print – the triple arches of the Hyde Park Screen designed by Decimus Burton at Hyde Park Corner, fashionable carriages clattering by, mounted policemen on duty, Park Lane beyond. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate to the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Lithograph on paper. Printed surface 142 x 210mm (approx. 5-5/8” x 8-1/4”). A few faint marks to outer margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : E. T. Brain & Co., 1847]. An attractive small antique print – the graceful bridge over the Serpentine built by John Rennie. 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” (1846-1847).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 67 x 83mm (approx. 2-5/8” x 3-1/4”). A few tiny specks, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/076A.

£20

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[London : E. T. Brain & Co., 1847]. An attractive small antique print – the Humane Society Receiving House, erected in 1834. 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” (1846-1847).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 67 x 83mm (approx. 2-5/8” x 3-1/4”). A few tiny specks, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/076B.

£20

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. A most attractive antique print – the Sunday parade and promenade of fashion and quality in Hyde Park – Rotten Row to the left – the Serpentine and Kensington Gardens beyond. Engraved by John Pass (fl.1796-1828) from an original study by Edward Pugh, and originally produced for Phillips’ part-work “Modern London : Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis” (1804).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 139 x 185mm (approx. 5-3/8” x 7-1/4”). A few faint specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/007.

£50

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London : Read & Co., [1851]. A delightful antique print – the manufactures of the British Isles laid out to amaze the visitors to the world’s first Great Exhibition. Engraved by Edward Chavanne (1812-1881) from an original study by Samuel Read R.W.S., draughtsman, illustrator and painter. From the part-work series generally known as “The World’s Metropolis, or Mighty London, Illustrated by a Series of Views Beautifully Engraved on Steel” (1851-1855).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 187 x 230mm (approx. 7-3/8” x 9”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/048.

£40

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[London : Read & Co., 1851]. A lively antique print – the world’s first Great Exhibition thronging with visitors, soldiers at attention, Queen Victoria and the royal party on the dais. Engraved by Edward Chavanne (1812-1881) from an original study by Samuel Read R.W.S., draughtsman, illustrator and painter. Originally produced for the part-work series generally known as “The World’s Metropolis, or Mighty London, Illustrated by a Series of Views Beautifully Engraved on Steel” (1851-1855).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 186 x 229mm (approx. 7-1/4” x 9”). A few tiny specks to blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 213/050.

£40

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A pleasant antique print – the triple arches of the Ionic Hyde Park Screen at Hyde Park Corner – then recently built to the designs of Decimus Burton. Engraved by William Wallis (fl.1816-1855) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 102 x 154mm (approx. 4” x 6”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/104.

£30

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London : Jones & Co., 1827. A charming antique print – the graceful bridge over the Serpentine built by John Rennie. Engraved by Major Samuel Barenger (1776-1837) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 97 x 147mm (approx. 3-7/8” x 5-3/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/037.

£30

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London : Jones & Co., 1827. A charming antique print – the graceful bridge over the Serpentine built by John Rennie. Engraved by Major Samuel Barenger (1776-1837) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 97 x 147mm (approx. 3-7/8” x 5-3/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/037.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A pleasant antique print – the lodge designed by Decimus Burton. Engraved by William Wallis (fl.1816-1855) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 98 x 152mm (approx. 3-7/8” x 6”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/105.

£25

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. An interesting antique print – the model dwelling for four families designed by Henry Roberts for Prince Albert – exhibited in Hyde Park and later re-erected in Kennington Park, where it still stands. Originally produced for the John Tallis part-work “Tallis’s Illustrated London; in Commemoration of the Great Exhibition of All Nations in 1851. Forming a Complete Guide to The British Metropolis and its Environs” (London : 1851-1852).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 99 x 134mm (approx. 3-7/8” x 5-1/4”). Trimmed a little tight at foot, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 215/157.

£25

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