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London : J. Britton, 1828. A handsome antique print – a black page-boy serves at an elaborate family picnic within the ruins. Engraved by John Charles Varrall (1794-1855) from an original study by William Henry Bartlett, with the figures supplied by William Harvey (1796-1866). Originally produced for John Britton’s “Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities” (London : 1828-1830). The plate is dedicated to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 221 x 172mm (approx. 8-5/8” x 6-3/8”). A couple of tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£75

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London : J. Britton, 1828. A pleasant antique print – Micklegate Bar at the entrance to York. Engraved by John le Keux (1783-1846) from an original study by William Henry Bartlett, with the figures in the foreground by Thomas Mann Baynes (1794-1854). Originally produced for John Britton’s “Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities” (London : 1828-1830). The plate is dedicated to the York architect Peter Atkinson (1780-1843).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 207 x 149mm (approx. 8-1/8” x 5-7/8”). A couple of tiny specks to margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£60

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London : Longman & Co., 1828. An attractive antique print – small craft on the river, a carriage crosses the bridge. Engraved by John Charles Varrall (1794-1855) from an earlier original study by the late John Carter F.S.A. Originally produced for John Britton’s “Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities” (London : 1828-1830). The plate is dedicated to the York architect Peter Atkinson (1780-1843).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 146 x 200mm (approx. 5-3/4” x 8-1/8”). A couple of tiny specks to margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£75

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London : Effingham Wilson, 1835. An antique print of the cathedral – a fine interior view. Engraved by Benjamin Winkles (1805-1856) from an original study by Robert Garland. Originally produced for the part-work publication “Winkles’s Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales” (1835-1842).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 162 x 108mm (approx. 6-3/8” x 4-1/4”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : J. Walker, 1801. A charming antique antique print – a view of the ruins of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary at York – cattle in the foreground. Engraved by John Walker (fl.1784-1802) from an original drawing the amateur Yorkshire artist, John Hornsey. Originally produced for John Walker’s “The Copper-Plate Magazine, or Monthly Cabinet of Picturesque Prints” (London : 1792-1802).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 122 x 166mm (approx. 4-7/8” x 6-1/2”). A few faint marks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : W. Mackenzie, 1880]. A handsome antique print – eighteenth-century Aldby Park near Stamford Bridge, with the additional wings added in about 1855. 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 140 x 191mm (approx. 5-1/2” x 7-1/2”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : W. Mackenzie, 1880]. A handsome antique print – Beningbrough Hall to the north of York. 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 140 x 191mm (approx. 5-1/2” x 7-1/2”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : W. Mackenzie, 1880]. A pleasant antique print – Thicket Priory near York – a view from the water. 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 136 x 195mm (approx. 5-3/8” x 7-5/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : W. Mackenzie, 1880]. A handsome antique print – the now demolished Warter Priory near Pocklington in the snow. 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 137 x 196mm (approx. 5-3/8” x 7-5/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1829. An attractive antique print – the exterior of the Archbishop’s palace at Bishopthorpe. Engraved by William Radclyffe (1783-1855) from an original study by John Preston Neale. Originally produced for the part-work “Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England” (London : 1829-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 99 x 127mm (approx. 3-7/8” x 5”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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London : W. Clarke, 1817. A small but pleasant antique print – a prospect of York from the river. Engraved by Edward John Roberts (1797-1865) from an original study by G. Stanley. Originally produced for the serially published “The Antiquarian Itinerary” (London : 1815-1818).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 67 x 82mm (approx. 2-5/8” x 3-1/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Charles Tilt, 1829]. A pleasant antique print – the gate, a wagon beyond, a scattering of pedestrians. 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” (1828-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 127 x 98mm (approx. 5” x 3-7/8”). Trimmed a little tight at foot; a few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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