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[London : George Virtue, 1835]. A handsome antique print – the great castle rises above the river – fishermen in boats on the Clyde. Engraved by Henry Wallis (1805-1890) from an original study by Thomas Allom. Originally produced for the part-work series “Scotland Illustrated” (London : 1835-1838).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 139 x 180m (approx. 5-1/2” x 7-1/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : George Virtue, 1836]. A pleasant antique print – the interior of the cathedral – the congregation assemble. Engraved by Ebenezer Challis (1806-1881) from an original study by Thomas Allom (1804-1872). Originally produced for the part-work series “Scotland Illustrated” (London : 1835-1838).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 135 x 170mm (approx. 5-3/8” x 6-3/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : George Virtue, 1841]. A stylish antique print – a view of Glasgow from the Clyde, the river crowded with shipping. Engraved by Robert Wallis (1794-1878) from an original study by the well-known William Henry Bartlett. Originally produced for the part-work series “Ports, Harbours, Watering Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain” (London : 1836-1842).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 138 x 180mm (approx. 5-1/2” x 7-1/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[Edinburgh : William Paterson, ca.1870]. An elegant antique print – the imposing exterior of Glasgow Cathedral. Engraved by John Henry le Keux (1812-1896) from an original study by the architect and illustrator R. W. Billings. Originally produced for the part-work “Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland”, first published between 1845 and 1852 and here in a slightly later edition.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 248 x 176mm (approx. 9-3/4” x 6-7/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[Edinburgh : William Paterson, ca.1870]. An elegant antique print – the imposing exterior of Glasgow Cathedral. Engraved by John Henry le Keux (1812-1896) from an original study by the architect and illustrator R. W. Billings. Originally produced for the part-work “Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland”, first published between 1845 and 1852 and here in a slightly later edition.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 189 x 240mm (approx. 7-3/8” x 9-1/2”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : J. Cooke, 1779]. A handsome eighteenth-century antique print – a prospect of Glasgow from across the Clyde, the cathedral dominating the skyline. Originally produced for the John Cooke part-work publication “The Modern Universal British Traveller” (London : 1779).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 184 x 275mm (approx. 7-1/4” x 10-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£200

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[Glasgow : Joseph Swan, 1830]. A pleasant antique print – what was then the “very pretty little village” of Govan – a view from the Clyde, with shipping in the foreground. Engraved by Joseph Swan (d.1872) from an original study by Andrew Donaldson. Originally produced for Swan’s “Select Views on the River Clyde” series.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 128 x 167mm (approx. 5” x 6-1/2”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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[Glasgow : 1828 (but later)]. An attractive antique print – Glasgow and the river. A view originally engraved by Joseph Swan (d.1872) from a study by John Fleming and published in “Select Views of Glasgow and Its Environs” (Glasgow : 1828) – but here in a later lithographic transfer perhaps dating from about 1860.
Lithograph on paper. Printed surface 107 x 134mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 5-1/4”). Very minor marking to blank margins, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[Glasgow : Joseph Swan, 1830]. A most attractive antique print – a view across the river – fashionably attired Glaswegians take their ease in the foreground. Engraved by Joseph Swan (d.1872) from an original study by the Greenock artist John Fleming. Originally produced for Swan’s “Select Views on the River Clyde” series.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 126 x 161mm (approx. 5” x 6-3/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£75

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Glasgow : James Mitchell & Co., [ca.1850]. An unusual antique print of the nineteenth-century Glasgow Exchange (now the Museum of Modern Art) – a small vignette view here utilised as decoration for a sheet of notepaper. Engraved by James Mitchell & Co. and published from their 45 Argyle Arcade address, which dates the production to between 1846 and 1851.
Steel line engraving on folding sheet of notepaper. Engraved surface 70 x 97mm (approx. 2-3/4” x 3-7/8”). Sheet size 204 x 127mm. Slight diagonal vertical crease, a few faint marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[Glasgow : 1828 (but later)]. An attractive antique print – Glasgow and the quay a hive of activity. A view originally engraved by Joseph Swan (d.1872) and published in “Select Views of Glasgow and Its Environs” (Glasgow : 1828) – but here in a later lithographic transfer perhaps dating from about 1860.
Lithograph on paper. Printed surface 103 x 132mm (approx. 4” x 5-1/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Cassell & Co., 1883]. A striking antique print – the quay at Glasgow. Engraved by Charles James Bromley (1839-1890) from an original study by the Scottish artist David Small. Originally produced for the partwork publication “Our Own Country” (London : 1879-1883).
Wood engraving on paper. Engraved surface 145 x 201mm (approx. 5-3/4” x 7-7/8”). A couple of tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Charles Tilt, 1830]. A charming antique print – a prospect of Glasgow from the Green. Engraved by Edward Francis (fl.1828-1830) 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. Engraved surface 100 x 141mm (approx. 4” x 5-1/2”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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