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London : Longman & Co., J. & A. Arch & G. Cooke, 1827. A handsome antique print – the Thames at Greenwich – the river busy with shipping. Etched and engraved by George Cooke (1781-1834) from an original drawing by Augustus Wall Callcott. Originally produced for the part-work series “Views in London and its Vicinity” (1826-1834).
Etching and engraving on paper. Engraved surface 116 x 151mm (approx. 4-5/8” x 6”). A few tiny marks and specks, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 149/047.

£40

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London : George Virtue, 1830. A handsome antique print – a view of Greenwich Hospital from the Thames. Engraved by John Rogers (1800?-1882) from an original study by the landscape painter George Bryant Campion. Originally produced for the “England’s Topographer” series of Kent views (London : 1828-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 106 x 148mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : John Cooke, 1777]. An elegant eighteenth-century antique print – a view of Greenwich from the river. Originally produced for Cooke’s part-work publication Walter Harrison, “A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster” (London : 1775-1777).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 170 x 271mm (approx. 6-3/4” x 10-5/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 57/083.

£100

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[London : John Cooke, 1777]. An elegant eighteenth-century antique print – Greenwich Hospital from the river. Originally produced for Cooke’s part-work publication Walter Harrison, “A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster” (London : 1775-1777).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 114 x 163mm (approx. 4-1/2” x 6-3/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 57/082A.

£40

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[London : John Cooke, 1777]. A stylish and elegant eighteenth-century antique print – a distant prospect of London looking towards St. Paul's across the roof-tops of Greenwich, the view taken from a fashionable vantage point at the top of Greenwich Park. Originally produced for Cooke’s part-work publication Walter Harrison, “A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster” (London : 1775-1777).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 217 x 303mm (approx. 8-5/8” x 11-7/8”). Cropped tight and reinforced at head, one very faint crease; a few minor specks, but overall in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£125

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London : Cassell & Co., [1878]. A neatly-worked antique print – a view of the hospital from the river. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate to the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 141 x 204mm (approx. 5-1/2” x 8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1893]. An attractive late nineteenth-century print – Greenwich in the 1890s – the spire of St. Alfege dominating the skyline. Produced from an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker and engraved in Paris by Ch. Guillaume & Cie. for the Leadenhall Press publication “London City Suburbs” (1893).
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Image area 224 x 161mm (approx. 8-3/4” x 6-3/8”). A couple of tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print of the observatory as it stood in the mid nineteenth century. From a study (based on an earlier source) by William Henry Prior. Originally produced for the part-work “Old and New London” (1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 106 x 144mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 5-7/8”). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. An attractive antique print – a view up the hill in Greenwich Park – dancing and free-and-easy holiday revels among the “lower and middle sort”. Engraved by John Pass (fl.1796-1829) from an original study by Edward Pugh, and originally produced for Phillips’ part-work “Modern London : Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis” (1804).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 136 x 184mm (approx. 5-3/8” x 7-1/4”). A few faint marks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/004.

£50

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. An unusual antique print – a view from behind the Ranger’s House and Greenwich Hospital across the Thames and the Isle of Dogs to the recently-completed warehouses of the West India Docks. A man-of-war sails up-river, and the church of St. Anne at Limehouse can be seen to the left. Engraved by Thomas Reeve (fl.1794-1809) from an original study by Edward Pugh, and originally produced for Phillips’ part-work “Modern London : Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis” (1804).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 142 x 185mm (approx. 5-5/8” x 7-1/4”). A few faint specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/003.

£50

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London : James Stratford, 1805. An early nineteenth-century antique print of Greenwich Hospital from the across the Thames. Engraved by Ambrose William Warren (1780-1856) from an original study by Robert Blemmel Schnebbelie. Originally produced for the part-work by “Dr David Hughson” [David Pugh] known as "London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis" (1805-1809).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 104 x 165mm (approx. 4” x 6-1/2”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : J. Mead, 1842]. An attractive antique print – an interior of the old Navy Museum (fore-runner of the National Maritime Museum) then housed in Somerset House and attached to the offices of the Surveyor-General of the Navy – a guide points out to visitors the features of a large model of a three-decker ship of the line. Engraved by Henry Melville (1792-1870) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and originally produced for the part-work “London Interiors : A Grand National Exhibition” (London : 1841-1844).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 200 x 133 mm (approx. 7-7/8” x 5-1/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 195/018.

£40

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London : Longman & Co., J. & A. Arch & G. Cooke, 1828. A handsome antique print – a delicately worked study of the Thames at Greenwich. Etched by George Cooke (1781-1834) from an original study by the well-known Clarkson Stanfield R.A., whose name also appears on a buoy in the foreground. Originally produced for Cooke’s part-work “Views in London and its Vicinity” series (1826-1834).
Etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 148 x 182mm (approx. 5-3/4” x 7-1/8”).A couple of tiny specks, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 149/048.

£50

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London : Tombleson & Co., [1834]. A charming antique print showing the hospital from the Thames, with sailing craft on the river. An engraved decorative border features sleeping lions and various other symbols. Engraved by James Carter (1798-1855) from an original design by William Tombleson (fl.1823-1841) and originally published with the part-work series “Tombleson’s Views of the Thames and Medway” (London 1833-1834).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 168 x 214mm (approx. 6-1/2” x 8-1/4”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/063.

£40

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[London : Tombleson & Co., 1834]. A handsome antique print – the Royal Naval Hospital and the whole of London laid out beyond – with a delightful engraved decorative border of astronomical and navigational instruments, etc. Engraved by Henry Winkles (1800-1860) from an original study by William Tombleson (fl.1823-1841) and originally published in the part-work series “Tombleson’s Views of the Thames and Medway” (London : 1833-1834).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 172 x 196mm (approx. 6-3/4” x 7-3/4”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/064.

£40

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London : Tombleson & Co., [1833]. A handsome antique print – a windmill and a lock on the banks of the Thames near Greenwich – the view set within an elaborate engraved border of dolphins, tridents, etc. Engraved by William Taylor (fl.1825-1852) from an original study by William Tombleson (fl.1823-1841). Originally published in the part-work series “Tombleson’s Views of the Thames and Medway” (London : 1833-1834).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 171 x 209mm (approx. 6-3/4” x 8-1/4”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/065.

£40

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