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[London : ca.1780]. A pleasant antique print of the eighteenth-century Wanstead House, the Palladian mansion designed by Colen Campbell. Drawn and engraved by John Chapman for an unidentified late eighteenth-century publication.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 112 x 172mm (approx. 4-1/2” x 6-3/4”). A few faint spots to outer margins, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1860 (or earlier)]. A very pleasant antique print of the imposing building south of Eagle Pond – originally built as the Infant Orphan Asylum in 1843, later becoming the Royal Wanstead School, and later still Snaresbrook Crown Court. A view from the water (with a man fishing in the foreground) engraved by J. Davies from an original study by Alfred H. Wray. 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 99 x 138mm (approx. 3-7/8” x 5-1/2”). Very faint mark to blank margin, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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