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London : Fisher, Son & Co., 1829. An attractive antique print – nineteenth-century Manchester and the imposing premises of the bank founded in Blackburn in 1792 and long since merged with Lloyd’s. Engraved by Matthew James Starling (1805-1889) from an original study by the painter-architect Thomas Allom. Originally produced for W. H. Pyne’s partwork “Lancashire Illustrated, from Original Drawings” (London : 1828-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 105 x 157mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 6-1/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Fisher, Son & Co., 1829]. An attractive antique print – the imposing church of St. Philip at Salford, with its bow-fronted ionic portico and bell-tower – built by Sir Robert Smirke in 1825. Engraved by John Pass (fl.1796-1829) from an original study by Thomas Allom. Originally produced for W. H. Pyne’s partwork “Lancashire Illustrated, from Original Drawings” (London : 1828-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 106 x 156mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 6-1/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : J. Stockdale, 1794. A pleasant antique print – the old bridge at Dukinfield. Engraved by Samuel Turner Sparrow (fl.1773-1810) from an original study by Edward Dayes. Originally produced for John Aikin’s “A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles round Manchester” (London : 1795).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 108 x 128mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 5”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : J. Stockdale, 1794]. A pleasant antique print – the old hall as it stood in the late eighteenth century. Engraved by John Walker (fl.1784-1802) from an original study by Edward Dayes. Originally produced for John Aikin’s “A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles round Manchester” (London : 1795).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 100 x 127mm (approx. 3-7/8” x 5”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Fisher, Son & Co., 1829]. An attractive and interesting antique print – the curved facade of the early nineteenth-century Manchester Cotton Exchange – a group of brokers and traders in animated discussion in the open air. Engraved by Matthew James Starling (1805-1889) from an original study by John Harwood (fl.1818-1836). Originally produced for W. H. Pyne’s partwork “Lancashire Illustrated, from Original Drawings” (London : 1828-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 111 x 127mm (approx. 4-3/8” x 6-1/8”). Small indentation in outer blank margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : Fisher, Son & Co., 1836. A pleasant antique print – the old Garret Hall in Manchester, the site and the name now commemorated by the Garratt pub on the corner of Granby Row and Princess Street. Engraved by Benjamin Winkles (1805-1856) from an original study by John Harwood (fl.1818-1836). Originally produced for W. H. Pyne’s partwork “Lancashire Illustrated, from Original Drawings” (1828-1831).
Steel line engraving on india paper. Engraved surface 107 x 158mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 1/8”). A few tiny specks, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Fisher, Son & Co., 1829]. A handsome antique print – a view of Market Street from the corner of Mosley Street – the Bridgewater Arms (Royal Hotel) prominent to the left, and the premises of the printers and bookbinders Joseph Gleave & Sons to the right. Engraved by Frederick James Havell (1801-1840) from an original study by John Harwood (fl.1818-1836). Originally produced for W. H. Pyne’s partwork “Lancashire Illustrated, from Original Drawings” (London : 1828-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 106 x 159mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 6-1/4”). One tiny speck, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1842]. An antique print – the interior of the cathedral. Engraved by Robert Young (fl.1837-1855) from an original study by the architect Horace Jones. Originally produced for the part-work publication “Winkles’s Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales” (London : 1835-1842).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 162 x 105mm (approx. 6-3/8” x 4-1/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : William Mackenzie, 1880]. An attractive antique print – the exterior of Heaton Hall near Prestwich – a view from the lawns. A technically highly accomplished production, colour printed in eight or more overlays from separate wooden blocks by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) from original draughts (drawn on the wood) by Frank Lydon. Originally produced for the Francis Orpen Morris part-work “County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland” (1864-1880).
Multiple wood block engraving in colours (chromoxylograph). Engraved surface 132 x 187mm (approx. 5-1/4” x 7-3/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1880]. An attractive antique print – the exterior of Worsley New Hall, designed by Edward Blore – a view from the river. A technically highly accomplished production, colour printed in eight or more overlays from separate wooden blocks by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) from original draughts (drawn on the wood) by Frank Lydon. Originally produced for the Francis Orpen Morris part-work “County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland” (1864-1880).
Multiple wood block engraving in colours (chromoxylograph). Engraved surface 129 x 191mm (approx. 5-1/8” x 7-1/2”). A few very small and faint marks to outer margin, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. An attractive antique print – the eigtheenth-century Heaton Hall near Prestwich. Engraved by William Watkins (1807-1891) from an original study by John Preston Neale. Originally produced for the partwork series “Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen” (London : 1829-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 101 x 125mm (approx. 4” x 5”). Trimmed a little close at foot, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1808. A most attractive antique print – a view of the ancient half-timbered house on the Irwell, in what is now the Manchester suburb of Hulme. The house, formerly owned by the Prestwich family and later by the Duke of Bridgewater, was demolished in 1845 with the coming of the railways. Engraved by James Stewart and John Burnet and originally produced for the part-work “Beauties of England and Wales” (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 108 x 152mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 6”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : Charles Tilt, 1829. An attractive antique print – a view towards the new stone Blackfriars Bridge taken from the old Salford Bridge. The tower of St. Mary’s is seen in the background. Engraved by Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857) from an original study by William Westall A.R.A. Originally produced for the part-work series “Great Britain Illustrated” (1828-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 103 x 145mm (approx. 4” x 5-3/4”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : Charles Tilt, 1828. An attractive antique print – the Manchester Cotton Exchange in its heyday – reputed to hold the largest trading floor in the world at that time. Engraved by Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857) from an original study by William Westall A.R.A. Originally produced for the part-work series “Great Britain Illustrated” (1828-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 97 x 146mm (approx. 3-7/8” x 5-3/4”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Charles Tilt, 1829]. A pleasant antique print – a view of Market Street in Manchester, with the newly built Cunliffe & Brookes’s Bank, completed in 1827, prominent to the left. Engraved by Elias Benjamin (1805?-1854) from an original drawing by William Westall A.R.A. Originally produced for the part-work series “Great Britain Illustrated” (1828-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 102 x 142mm (approx. 4” x 5-5/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Charles Tilt, 1829]. An attractive antique print – the New Bailey Bridge over the Irwell opened in 1785. Engraved by John Roffe (1769-1850) from an original study by William Westall A.R.A. Originally produced for the part-work series “Great Britain Illustrated” (London : 1828-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 101 x 144mm (approx. 4” x 5-5/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Charles Tilt, 1829]. A most attractive antique print – Salford from across the Irwell, the towers of Trinity Church and St. Stephen’s prominent. Engraved by Edward Francis (fl.1828-1830) from an original study by William Westall A.R.A. Originally produced for the part-work series “Great Britain Illustrated” (1828-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 105 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-7/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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