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[London : George Virtue, 1842]. A handsome antique print – shipping in choppy waters – the town beyond. Engraved by Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857) from an original study by Edward William Cooke R.A. Originally produced for the much admired part-work series “Ports, Harbours, Watering Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain” (London : 1836-1842).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 142 x 176mm (approx. 5-5/8” x 7”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : George Virtue, 1842]. A pleasant antique print – a three-decker fires a salute as a dignitary is rowed out – the town beyond. Engraved by Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857) from an original study by Edward William Cooke R.A. Originally produced for the much admired part-work series “Ports, Harbours, Watering Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain” (London : 1836-1842).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 143 x 176mm (approx. 5-5/8” x 7”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Virtue & Co., ca.1880]. A handsome antique print – a vignette of ships of the line at Spithead. Engraved by Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857) from an original study by Edward William Cooke R.A. Originally produced for the much admired part-work series “Ports, Harbours, Watering Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain” (London : 1836-1842) and here in a later nineteenth-century impression.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 180 x 130mm (approx. 7-1/4” x 5-1/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : George Virtue, 1842]. A handsome antique print – the walls of Portsmouth – shipping beyond – a cannon readied to make the salute. Engraved by Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857) from an original study by Edward William Cooke R.A. Originally produced for the much admired part-work series “Ports, Harbours, Watering Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain” (London : 1836-1842).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 145 x 179mm (approx. 5-3/4” x 7”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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London : Ackermann & Co., 1837. A charming little etching from the highly skilled marine painter-engraver Henry Moses. Shipping and sails in the Solent with a buoy and figures in the foreground. Originally produced for Moses’ “Marine Sketch Book” series (London : 1825-1826).
Etching on paper. Engraved surface 74 x 121mm (approx. 3” x 4-3/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1836]. A delightful antique print – Portchester Castle at the head of Portsmouth Harbour. Engraved by William Floyd (1807-1882) from an original study by the fine marine painter Clarkson Stanfield R.A. Originally produced for Stanfield’s “Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the British Channel” (London : 1836).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 152 x 102mm (approx. 6” x 4”). A couple of tiny specks, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1836]. A finely worked antique print – shipping at Portsmouth. Engraved by William John Cooke (1797-1865) from an original study by the fine marine painter Clarkson Stanfield R.A., a former sailor and, according to his friend Charles Dickens, “the most loving and lovable of men”. Originally produced for “Stanfield’s Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the British Channel” (London : 1836).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 102 x 143mm (approx. 4” x 5-5/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1836]. An attractive antique print – a view of nineteenth-century Portsmouth from the sea. Engraved by the well-known William Finden (1787-1852) from an original study by the fine marine painter Clarkson Stanfield R.A. Originally produced for “Stanfield’s Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the British Channel” (London : 1836).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 105 x 141mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-1/2”). A few tiny specks to blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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