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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. An attractive and unusual antique print – late June or early July in London and a street-crier with her barrow offers new potatoes at three-halfpence or a penny a pound. Behind her is the the Middlesex Hospital – the county hospital at the top of Berners Street, built in 1755. Engraved from an original study by William Marshall Craig, water-colour painter to Queen Charlotte. Originally produced for Phillips’ part-work “Modern London : Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis” (1804), and here in the earlier state with the more elaborate border.
Etching and line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface (including quadruple-rule outer border) 131 x 102mm (approx. 5-1/8” x 4”). Some faint marking to outer blank margins, but the image in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/044.

£50

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London : Cassell & Co., [1878]. A most attractive antique print – an elevated view of St. Thomas’s Hospital, then newly rebuilt on its present site – with the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge and Waterloo Station beyond. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate to the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Lithograph on paper. Printed surface 144 x 204mm (approx. 5-5/8” x 8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : E. T. Brain & Co., 1847]. An attractive antique print of the then newly built Brompton Hospital on the Fulham Road. 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” (London : 1846-1847).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 90 x 139mm (approx. 3-1/2” x 5-1/2”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/044.

£25

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A charming antique print – a bird’s eye view of the hospital and the interior courtyards as they stood in the mid eighteenth century. Engraved by Joseph Swain (1820-1909) 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 144 x 209mm (approx. 5-5/8” x 8-1/4”). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : W. S. Orr, 1838 (but later)]. A pleasant antique print – St. Katherine’s Royal Hospital and the twin-spired chapel. Engraved by John Woods (fl.1835-1855) from a sketch by Robert Garland, worked up for publication by the landscape-painter John Francis Salmon. Originally produced for Woods’ “History of London : Illustrated by Views”, first published in parts 1837-1838 and subsequently reissued in various guises between 1838 and 1862.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 109 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 188/030.

£25

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[London : W. S. Orr, 1837 (but later)]. A pleasant antique print – Westminster Abbey to the right and the Westminster Hospital built by William Inwood 1832-1833 to the left. Engraved by John Woods (fl.1835-1855) from a sketch by Robert Garland, worked up for publication by the landscape-painter John Francis Salmon. Originally produced for Woods’ “History of London : Illustrated by Views”, first published in parts 1837-1838 and subsequently reissued in various guises between 1838 and 1862.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 113 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/2” x 5-7/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 188/010.

£30

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. An attractive antique print – a view of the subscription-built eighteenth-century maternity hospital on the City Road. One of the new London omnibuses is given some prominence in the foreground. Engraved by James Gough (1799-1889) from an original study (now in the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd’s series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 117 x 150mm (approx. 4-5/8” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/128.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1832]. An attractive antique print – a view of the interior courtyard of Guy’s Hospital, visitors coming and going, and the statue of the founder – the bookseller Thomas Guy. Engraved by the highly skilled Thomas Higham (1796-1844) 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. Engraved surface 104 x 150mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-7/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/166.

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A pleasant antique print of the Lock Hospital on Grosvenor Place, opened in 1747 and the first specialist hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. Engraved by William Wallis (fl.1816-1855) 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. Engraved surface 103 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/134.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1830]. An antique print – an elegant view of the old Middlesex Hospital on Mortimer Street (largely rebuilt in the 1930s). Engraved by John Rogers (1800?-1882) 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 105 x 151mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 6”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/054.

£40

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[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. A handsome antique print of the nineteenth-century Moorfields Eye Hospital – then under its earlier name and at the corner of Blomfield Street and Eldon Street. Engraved by Robert Acon (1792-1880) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. 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 100 x 146mm (approx. 4” x 5-3/4”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/136.

£30

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[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. A handsome antique print of the nineteenth-century Moorfields Eye Hospital – then under its earlier name and at the corner of Blomfield Street and Eldon Street. Engraved by Robert Acon (1792-1880) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd’s series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 100 x 146mm (approx. 4” x 5-3/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/136.

£25

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London : Jones & Co., 1827. A pleasant antique print – St. Katherine’s Royal Hospital and the twin-spired chapel. Engraved by William Tombleson (fl.1823-1841) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd’s part-work series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 105 x 156mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 6-1/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/041.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A charming antique print – a lively view of the courtyard of the hospital, with a carriage, groups of visitors, a gentleman on crutches, and even a dog. Engraved by Archelaus Cruse (1806-1861) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. 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 108 x 153mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 6”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/145.

£40

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London : Jones & Co., [1832]. A handsome antique print – an attractive view of the interior courtyard of the old St. Thomas's south of London Bridge (prior to the move to present site in 1871). Engraved by the highly skilled Thomas Higham (1796-1844) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. 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 103 x 150mm (approx. 4” x 5-7/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/165.

£40

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London : Jones & Co., [1832]. A handsome antique print – an attractive view of the interior courtyard of the old St. Thomas’s south of London Bridge (prior to the move to present site in 1871). Engraved by the highly skilled Thomas Higham (1796-1844) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd’s series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 103 x 150mm (approx. 4” x 5-7/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/165.

£30

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[London : R. & J. Dodsley, 1761]. A mid eighteenth-century print of the old hospital – the courtyard, a patient on crutches, etc. Engraved by William Elliott (1727-1766) from an original study by the painter and illustrator Samuel Wale, first Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy. Originally produced for Robert Dodsley’s part-work compilation, “London and its Environs Described” (London : 1761).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 82 x 140mm (approx. 3-3/8” x 5-1/2”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 41/070.

£40

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