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[London : William S. Orr & Co., 1856]. An interesting antique print – an early steam locomotive and a group of railway workers in the foreground – Aston Hall in the distance. The Hall was at that time owned by James Watt, the son of the engineer – but who nonetheless forced the railway company to detour around his estate. Engraved by William Radclyffe (1783-1855) from an original study by David Cox. Originally produced for Thomas Roscoe’s “Book of the Grand Junction Railway” (London : 1839) – and here in a slightly later impression from a lithographic transfer.
Lithograph on paper. Printed surface 108 x 155mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 6-1/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : William S. Orr & Co., 1856]. An attractive antique print – an early passenger train steams over the viaduct – passers-by look on in wonder – a church spire and the turrets of Aston Hall in the distance. Aston Hall was at that time owned by James Watt, the son of the engineer – but who nonetheless forced the railway company to detour around his estate. Engraved by William Radclyffe (1783-1855) from an original study by David Cox. Originally produced for Thomas Roscoe’s “Book of the Grand Junction Railway” (London : 1839) – and here in a slightly later impression from a lithographic transfer.
Lithograph on paper. Printed surface 106 x 151mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 6”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Cassell & Co., 1878]. A handsome antique print of the massy facade of the nineteenth-century Cannon Street Station, the forecourt and surrounding streets busy with pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate for the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 158 x 201mm (approx. 6-1/4” x 7-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant nineteenth-century print of the formal avenue leading to the old Euston Arch entrance to the station. The engraving is signed “J.W.” in the block – probably the wood-engraver John Walmsley (fl.1839-1878). Originally produced for the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 107 x 143mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 5-5/8”). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Cassell & Co., 1878]. A handsome antique print – the glassed-in interior of the great railway station. 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 202mm (approx. 5-3/8” x 8”). A few tiny specks to outer blank margins, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£50

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[London : 1860]. A charming antique print of the entrance to the Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel – the world’s first underwater tunnel, completed by Marc Brunel in 1843. The tunnel was converted to railway use in the 1860s and still carries London Underground trains. The view depicts the elegant twin horseshoe shaped archways, the pedestrian stairs and gallery, etc. Originally produced for Thomas Dugdale’s part-work survey published as “The Curiosities of Great Britain” or “England Delineated” in various formats between 1838 and 1860.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 105 x 123mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 4-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 186/029.

£25

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive and interesting antique print – festive passengers, hats in air, steaming through a tunnel on the original cut-and-cover London Underground line (the Metropolitan from Paddington to Farringdon Street – opened in 1863). Originally produced for the part-work “Old and New London” (1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 105 x 145mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 5-5/8”). Title cut out and laid down at foot of image. Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. An atmospheric antique print of the busy Victorian platforms and waiting steam trains. 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” (1891).
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Image area 158 x 219mm (approx. 6-1/4” x 8-5/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A Victorian print of a steam-driven underground train approaching a busy platform. 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” (1891).
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Later hand colour. Image area 96 x 146mm (approx. 3-3/4” x 5-3/4”). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A Victorian print of Queen Victoria Street, Mansion House Station, etc., with horse-drawn traffic, top-hatted pedestrians, etc. 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” (1891).
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Later hand colour. Image area 151 x 222mm (approx. 6-1/8” x 8-3/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Cassell & Co., 1878]. A handsome antique print of the imposing Victorian facade of Cannon Street Station, the courtyard alive with pedestrian and horse-drawn traffic. Drawn and lithographed by “Maclure & Macdonald” as a supplementary presentation plate for the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Lithograph on paper. Engraved surface 145 x 197mm (approx. 5-3/4” x 7-3/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A charming small antique print of the station. 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), and here in a slightly later impression.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 70 x 85mm (approx. 2-3/4” x 3-5/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/078B.

£25

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[London : E. T. Brain & Co., 1847]. A charming small antique print of the original London Bridge Railway Station, built by George Smith and Henry Roberts in 1843-1844. 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 70 x 86mm (approx. 2-3/4” x 3-5/8”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/078B.

£25

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A charming small antique print of the station. 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), and here in a slightly later impression.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 68 x 85mm (approx. 2-3/4” x 3-5/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/078A.

£25

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[London : Charles Tilt, 1839]. A interesting antique print – a view along the early railway track – a train stopped at the halt beyond the bridge – a vista of further bridges beyond. Engraved by William Radclyffe (1783-1855) from an original study by Charles Walter Radclyffe. Originally produced for Thomas Roscoe’s “The London and Birmingham Railway” (London : 1839).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 107 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/4” x 5-7/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Cassell & Co., 1878 (or later)]. An antique print – the first London "tube" in that it was the world’s first underground transport system built in a tube rather than a brick-built tunnel. Running from Tower Hill to Tooley Street, the underground carriages ran for only three months in 1870 before the tunnel was converted for pedestrian use. Engraved by Benjamin Fleming (fl.1874-1878) from an original sketch by the London artist Frank Watkins. Originally produced for the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 144 x 145mm (approx. 5-5/8” x 5-3/4”). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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