[ENGLISH SCHOOL] : CHRIST CHURCH (PERPETUATION OF SURREY CHAPEL) WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD.
[London : Cassell & Co., 1878]. A handsome antique print – the recently-built Christ Church with its distinctive banded spire at the junction with Kennington Road. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate for the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 135 x 203mm (approx. 5-3/8” x 8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.
[MEYER, Joseph, 1796-1856 – publisher] : LONDON VON DER WATERLOO-BRÜCKE AUS.
[Hildburghausen : J. Meyer, 1835]. An attractive antique print – a general view of the City of London – Waterloo Bridge in the foreground – St. Paul’s, the Monument, etc., on the skyline beyond. Originally produced for the Meyer family’s ambitious series “Universum oder abbildung und beschreibung des sehenswerthesten ... der natur und kunst” (Hildburghausen : 1833-1860).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 105 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-5/8”). A few tiny specks to blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.
[PAYNE, Albert Henry, 1812-1902] : NEW CHURCH, WATERLOO ROAD.
[London : E. T. Brain & Co., 1847]. A charming small antique print of the elegant church of St. John Waterloo, built by Francis Bedford between 1823 and 1825. The England Fire Office can be seen in the foreground. 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 94 x 61mm (approx. 3-3/4” x 2-3/8”). A few tiny specks, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/092A.
[PAYNE, Albert Henry, 1812-1902] : WATERLOO BRIDGE.
[London : E. T. Brain & Co., 1847]. An attractive antique print – Waterloo Bridge from the river – Somerset House and St. Paul’s beyond. Originally produced for Payne’s “Illustrated London, or a Series of Views in the British Metropolis and its Vicinity” (London : 1846-1847).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 67 x 90mm (approx. 2-5/8” x 3-1/2”). A couple of faint and tiny marks to blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/018.
PEARSON, William : CHRIST CHURCH SURRY.
London : H. Setchel & Son, 1810. A handsome antique print – the exterior of the eighteenth-century church of Christ Church Blackfriars, with the surrounding dwellings. Engraved by W. Preston from an original drawing (dated 1810 and now in the British Museum) by William Pearson (fl.1798-1813). Originally produced for the part-work series “Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini; being a Series of Views” (London : 1810-1823) – “the first artistically competent and exhaustive illustration of the golden age of London church building” (Adams). Below the image are several lines of explanatory text.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 213 x 204mm (approx. 8-3/8” x 8”). Trimmed tight to imprint at foot, a few tiny marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/031.
PRATTENT, Thomas : ALBION MILL BLACKFRIERS BRIDGE.
Shrewsbury : C. Hulbert, [ca. 1820]. An uncommon antique print of the great corn-mill at the foot of Blackfriars Bridge, erected by Matthew Boulton in 1786. The first great factory to be built in London, it was destroyed by fire in 1791. Engraved about 1890 by the London draughtsman, engraver, printer and printseller, T. Prattent (fl.1790-1819), who had premises in Cloth Fair – but here in a later impression with the imprint of Charles Hulbert of Shrewbury.
Etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 104 x 166mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 6-1/2”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.
PRIOR, William Henry, 1812-1882 : THE SURREY THEATRE.
London: [1878 (or later)]. An antique print – a composite view with a medley of individual studies of the exterior of old theatre in the Blackfriars Road (destroyed by fire in 1865), the ruins of the old theatre, and an interior view of the new theatre built by J. Ellis – and still in use as a cinema in the 1920s. The theatre was finally demolished in 1934 to make way for an extension to the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital. Engraved from original studies by William Henry Prior – and originally produced for the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 212 x 144mm (approx. 8-3/8” x 5-5/8”). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.
PRIOR, William Henry, 1812-1882 : [THE OLD VIC] THE OLD “COBURG” THEATRE IN 1820.
[London : 1878 (or later)]. An antique print of the “Old Vic” – the building erected as “a house of melodrama” by Rudolph Cabanel in 1816-1818, initially named the Royal Coburg Theatre and then re-christened the Royal Victoria Theatre in 1833. Engraved from an original study (based on earlier sources) by William Henry Prior and originally produced for the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Engraved surface 105 x 142mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-5/8”). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.
SANDS, Robert, 1782-1855 : WATERLOO BRIDGE.
London : J. Harris, 1831. A charming and uncommon small antique print- a view of Waterloo Bridge from the west – St. Paul’s on the skyline beyond. Originally engraved by Robert Sands for the Harris publication “The Public Buildings of Westminster Described. With Twelve Engravings” (1831).
Line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 82 x 93mm (approx. 3-1/4” x 3-5/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 169/010.
SHEPHERD, Thomas Hosmer, 1793-1864 : ASYLUM FOR FEMALE ORPHANS, WESTMINSTER.
London : Jones & Co., 1828. An attractive antique print – the classical exterior of the recently rebuilt Female Orphan Asylum on the Westminster Bridge Road. Engraved by Alexander McClatchie (1804?-1888) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Originally produced for Shepherd’s part-work series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 119 x 159mm (approx. 4-3/4” x 6-1/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/080.
SHEPHERD, Thomas Hosmer, 1793-1864 : ASYLUM FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND, WESTMINSTER ROAD.
London : Jones & Co., 1829. An attractive antique print – the philanthropic school (now the Royal School for the Blind or SeeAbility) founded in 1799 to educate and train blind people to a trade. Next to the school, here shown shown on its Westminster Bridge Road site (where Lambeth North Station now stands), is a shop for the sale of hearth-rugs and other articles manufactured by the blind. Engraved by Robert Acon (1792-1880) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd’s part-work series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 102 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/137.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 102 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/137.
SHEPHERD, Thomas Hosmer, 1793-1864 : CHRIST CHURCH, BLACKFRIARS.
London : Jones & Co., . A pleasant antique print of the eighteenth-century church on Blackfriars Road. Engraved by Robert Acon (1792-1880) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd’s series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 112 x 150mm (approx. 4-3/8” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/184.
[London : Jones & Co., 1832]. A pleasant antique print of the eighteenth-century church on Blackfriars Road. Engraved by Robert Acon (1792-1880) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. Originally produced for Shepherd’s series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 112 x 150mm (approx. 4-3/8” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/184.
SHEPHERD, Thomas Hosmer, 1793-1864 : NEW CHURCH, WATERLOO ROAD.
London : Jones & Co., 1828. An attractive antique print of the elegant church of St. John Waterloo, built by Francis Bedford between 1823 and 1825. Engraved by John Cleghorn (1784-1873) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and originally produced for Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 157 x 92mm (approx. 6-1/8” x 3-5/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/099.
SHEPHERD, Thomas Hosmer, 1793-1864 : THE NEW SHOT MILL, NEAR WATERLOO BRIDGE.
[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. A very pleasant antique print – a view of the nineteenth-century (1826) Shot Mill south-west of Waterloo Bridge – a site now the home of the Hayward Gallery, the Royal Festival Hall, etc. Engraved by John James Hinchliff (1805-1875) 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 103 x 150mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/148.
SHEPHERD, Thomas Hosmer, 1793-1864 : SURRY THEATRE, BLACKFRIARS ROAD.
London : Jones & Co., 1828. An antique print of the imposing frontage of the old Surrey Theatre, opened in 1782 as the Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy and rebuilt by the Italian architect of the Old Vic, Rudolph Cabanel, after a fire in 1803. Engraved by Thomas Dale (fl.1818-1828) 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 104 x 150mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/070.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 104 x 150mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/070.
SHEPHERD, Thomas Hosmer, 1793-1864 : WATERLOO BRIDGE.
London : Tombleson & Co., . A pleasant antique print of the John Rennie bridge built between 1811 and 1817 – described by Canova as “the noblest bridge in the world” but nonetheless demolished in 1936. An intricately engraved ornamental border surrounds the image. Engraved by Franz Abresch (fl.1832-1841) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and originally published with the part-work series “Tombleson’s Views of the Thames and Medway” (London : 1833-1834).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 165 x 201mm (approx. 6-1/2” x 7-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/049.
London : Jones & Co., 1827. A handsome antique print of the original Waterloo Bridge – the John Rennie design built between 1811 and 1817 and described by Canova as “the noblest bridge in the world”. A view from the east, the Thames busy with lighters. Engraved by William Wallis (fl.1816-1855) 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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 95 x 149mm (approx. 3-3/4” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/014.
STANFIELD, Clarkson, 1793-1867 : PART OF WATERLOO BRIDGE WITH THE SHOT TOWER. &C.
London : Longman & Co., J. & A. Arch & G. Cooke, 1832. A finely-worked antique print – a delicate etching of Waterloo Bridge at its junction with the South Bank – the old Shot Tower dominating the skyline. Etched by George Cooke (1781-1834) from an original study by the well-known Clarkson Stanfield R.A. Originally produced for Cooke’s part-work “Views in London and its Vicinity” series (London : 1826-1834).
Etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 213 x 149mm (approx. 8-3/8” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.
[TALLIS, John, 1818-1876 – publisher] : SURREY THEATRE.
[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. An antique print of a busy Blackfriars Road and the old Surrey Theatre, flanked by the Equestrian Tavern and the Surrey Coal Hole. The theatre stood just north of St. George’s Circus and survived long enough to become a cinema in 1920. 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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 93 x 133mm (approx. 3-5/8” x 5-1/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 215/138.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 93 x 133mm (approx. 3-5/8” x 5-1/4”). Almost imperceptible faint line of horizontal indentation, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 215/138.
WHITTOCK, Nathaniel, 1791-1860 : GENERAL LYING-IN HOSPITAL, YORK ROAD.
London : I. T. Hinton, 1830. A handsome antique print – the then brand-new maternity hospital on York Road, Lambeth – the building designed by Henry Harrison. A flock of sheep and a boy with hoop cavort in the street. Engraved by John Rogers (1800?-1882) from an original study by Nathaniel Whittock. Originally produced for the partwork series “Picturesque Beauties of the Counties of Surrey & Sussex” (London : 1829-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 108 x 159mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 6-1/4”). A few tiny specks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.
WRIGHT, Richard Lewis, 1799?-1832 : STAMFORD STREET.
London : I. T. Hinton, 1830. An interesting antique print – a view of Stamford Street looking westwards, Westminster Abbey in the distance, the Unitarian Chapel (the portico of which survives) prominent to the left. Drawn and engraved by Richard Lewis Wright, who died at the age of thirty-three in 1832. Originally produced for the partwork series “Picturesque Beauties of the Counties of Surrey & Sussex” (London : 1829-1831).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 105 x 154mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 6”). A few tiny specks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.
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