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Plan of the Citys Intended Improvements at Snow Hill.
R. Metcalf sculp. 127 Bunhill Row.
Surveyors Office Guildhall [n.d., c.1802.]
Engraved map. 280 x 665mm (11 x 26¼"). Trimmed to plate, small hole and tear.
A plan showing the widening and continuation of the road at Snow Hill in the City of London, orientated with north at the bottom of the map. Houses to be purchased for demolition are numbered; and a proposal that 'a grand avenue [to] be made from Blackfryars Bridge to Islington' is mentioned.
[Ref: 56101] £230.00
R. Metcalf sculp. 127 Bunhill Row.
Surveyors Office Guildhall [n.d., c.1802.]
Engraved map. 280 x 665mm (11 x 26¼"). Trimmed to plate, small hole and tear.
A plan showing the widening and continuation of the road at Snow Hill in the City of London, orientated with north at the bottom of the map. Houses to be purchased for demolition are numbered; and a proposal that 'a grand avenue [to] be made from Blackfryars Bridge to Islington' is mentioned.
[Ref: 56101] £230.00
The Great Fire of London in the Year 1666. From the original picture in the possession of Robert Golden Esq.r Painted by Old Griffier at the time of the Fire. The scene is the original Ludgate taken at the instant of time when the Walls of the Goal [sic] adjoining it fell and exhibited to the view Old St. Paul's Church, just taking fire, and Old Bow Church in the background. Vide Pennant's London.
J. Griffier [in image].
Engrav'd and Publish'd by W. Birch, Enamel Painter, No,, 2, Macclesfield Street, Soho. Dec.r 1st. 1792.
Coloured stipple. 300 x 390mm (11¾ x 15¼") large margins. Crack in platemark at bottom, binding folds as normal.
A view of collapsed buildings around Ludgate, with St Paul's Cathedral and Bow Church wreathed in smoke behind. Unusually the inscription area is also stippled. Published in Thomas Pennant’s Some Account of London. Although the view is ascribed to Jan Griffier the elder (1645/52-1718) , the BM records that it ''first appears in London soon after the Great Fire of 1666''. As a painter he specialised in landscapes, but he also engraved mezzotints and etched, including the animals and birds of Francis Barlow.
BM 1880,1113.1159. Crace 1878-11-51.
[Ref: 55913] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Griffier [in image].
Engrav'd and Publish'd by W. Birch, Enamel Painter, No,, 2, Macclesfield Street, Soho. Dec.r 1st. 1792.
Coloured stipple. 300 x 390mm (11¾ x 15¼") large margins. Crack in platemark at bottom, binding folds as normal.
A view of collapsed buildings around Ludgate, with St Paul's Cathedral and Bow Church wreathed in smoke behind. Unusually the inscription area is also stippled. Published in Thomas Pennant’s Some Account of London. Although the view is ascribed to Jan Griffier the elder (1645/52-1718) , the BM records that it ''first appears in London soon after the Great Fire of 1666''. As a painter he specialised in landscapes, but he also engraved mezzotints and etched, including the animals and birds of Francis Barlow.
BM 1880,1113.1159. Crace 1878-11-51.
[Ref: 55913] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Great Fire of London in the Year 1666. From the original picture in the possession of Robert Golden Esq.r Painted by Old Griffier at the time of the Fire. The scene is the original Ludgate taken at the instant of time when the Walls of the Goal [sic] adjoining it fell and exhibited to the view Old St. Paul's Church, just taking fire, and Old Bow Church in the background.
J. Griffier [in image]. [Engraved by W. Birch.]
Published by E. Jeffery, No 11. Pall Mall, 1807.
Coloured stipple. 300 x 390mm (11¾ x 15¼") Trimmed within plate top and bottom, to plate at sides, binding folds.
A view of collapsed buildings around Ludgate, with St Paul's Cathedral and Bow Church wreathed in smoke behind. Unusually the inscription area is also stippled. Originally published in Thomas Pennant’s 'Some Account of London', this example has 'Vide Pennant's London' erased from the plate bottom right and Jeffery's name replacing William Birch's as publisher. Although the view is ascribed to Jan Griffier the elder (1645/52-1718) , the BM records that it ''first appears in London soon after the Great Fire of 1666''. As a painter he specialised in landscapes, but he also engraved mezzotints and etched, including the animals and birds of Francis Barlow.
BM 1880,1113.1159. Crace 1878-11-51.
[Ref: 55914] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Griffier [in image]. [Engraved by W. Birch.]
Published by E. Jeffery, No 11. Pall Mall, 1807.
Coloured stipple. 300 x 390mm (11¾ x 15¼") Trimmed within plate top and bottom, to plate at sides, binding folds.
A view of collapsed buildings around Ludgate, with St Paul's Cathedral and Bow Church wreathed in smoke behind. Unusually the inscription area is also stippled. Originally published in Thomas Pennant’s 'Some Account of London', this example has 'Vide Pennant's London' erased from the plate bottom right and Jeffery's name replacing William Birch's as publisher. Although the view is ascribed to Jan Griffier the elder (1645/52-1718) , the BM records that it ''first appears in London soon after the Great Fire of 1666''. As a painter he specialised in landscapes, but he also engraved mezzotints and etched, including the animals and birds of Francis Barlow.
BM 1880,1113.1159. Crace 1878-11-51.
[Ref: 55914] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Great Fire of London in the Year 1666. From the original picture in the possession of Robert Golden Esq.r Painted by Old Griffier at the time of the Fire. The scene is the original Ludgate taken at the instant of time when the Walls of the Goal [sic] adjoining it fell and exhibited to the view Old St. Paul's Church, just taking fire, and Old Bow Church in the background. Vide Pennant's London. Proof.
J. Griffier [in image].
Engrav'd and Publish'd by W. Birch, Enamel Painter, No,, 2, Macclesfield Street, Soho. Dec.r 1st. 1792.
Fine coloured stipple, proof. Sheet 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15¼") Trimmed within plate top and bottom, to plate at sides, binding folds as normal.
A view of collapsed buildings around Ludgate, with St Paul's Cathedral and Bow Church wreathed in smoke behind. Unusually the inscription area is also stippled. Published in Thomas Pennant’s Some Account of London. Although the view is ascribed to Jan Griffier the elder (1645/52-1718) , the BM records that it ''first appears in London soon after the Great Fire of 1666''. As a painter he specialised in landscapes, but he also engraved mezzotints and etched, including the animals and birds of Francis Barlow.
BM 1880,1113.1159. Crace 1878-11-51.
[Ref: 55912] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J. Griffier [in image].
Engrav'd and Publish'd by W. Birch, Enamel Painter, No,, 2, Macclesfield Street, Soho. Dec.r 1st. 1792.
Fine coloured stipple, proof. Sheet 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15¼") Trimmed within plate top and bottom, to plate at sides, binding folds as normal.
A view of collapsed buildings around Ludgate, with St Paul's Cathedral and Bow Church wreathed in smoke behind. Unusually the inscription area is also stippled. Published in Thomas Pennant’s Some Account of London. Although the view is ascribed to Jan Griffier the elder (1645/52-1718) , the BM records that it ''first appears in London soon after the Great Fire of 1666''. As a painter he specialised in landscapes, but he also engraved mezzotints and etched, including the animals and birds of Francis Barlow.
BM 1880,1113.1159. Crace 1878-11-51.
[Ref: 55912] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Londra Capitale dell'Inghilterra. Tom XII. A. Il fiume Tamigi. B. Il Ponte. C. La Torre. D. Il Palazzo di Whitehall. E. Il Borgo di Southwark.
Fran. Sesone sculp Nap.]
[Naples, n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. Plate 177 x 342mm (7 x 13½"). Trimmed along upper plate edge, folds as normal.
A pre-fire prospect of London, engraved by Sesone and probably copied from Schenck's view of London (for which see ref. 28514). However the engraver, Francesco Sesone, has reversed the image, so London Bridge is to the west of St Paul's! This image was published before the error was spotted and corrected.
See Ref: 28516 for added hand colour and different publication.
[Ref: 56179] £360.00
Fran. Sesone sculp Nap.]
[Naples, n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. Plate 177 x 342mm (7 x 13½"). Trimmed along upper plate edge, folds as normal.
A pre-fire prospect of London, engraved by Sesone and probably copied from Schenck's view of London (for which see ref. 28514). However the engraver, Francesco Sesone, has reversed the image, so London Bridge is to the west of St Paul's! This image was published before the error was spotted and corrected.
See Ref: 28516 for added hand colour and different publication.
[Ref: 56179] £360.00
Society of Agriculture.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. J.C.Stadler aqua.t.
London. Pub. June 1st, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint, watermark W. Balston 1809; plate 225 x 270mm (9¾ x 10½"), very large margins.
The Society of Agriculture, meeting at 32 Sackville Street, off Piccadilly. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 56118] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. J.C.Stadler aqua.t.
London. Pub. June 1st, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint, watermark W. Balston 1809; plate 225 x 270mm (9¾ x 10½"), very large margins.
The Society of Agriculture, meeting at 32 Sackville Street, off Piccadilly. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 56118] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Vauxhall Garden.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J. Bluck, aquat.
London Pub. Octr. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 280 x 230mm (11 x 9"), large margins. Tear into image.
An illuminated band stand at Vauxhall Gardens, a pleasure garden and one of the leading venues for public entertainment in London from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century. Revellers dance in the foreground. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 88.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 89.
[Ref: 56119] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J. Bluck, aquat.
London Pub. Octr. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 280 x 230mm (11 x 9"), large margins. Tear into image.
An illuminated band stand at Vauxhall Gardens, a pleasure garden and one of the leading venues for public entertainment in London from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century. Revellers dance in the foreground. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 88.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 89.
[Ref: 56119] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent and Duke of Wellington's &c.&c.&c. First Visit to Waterloo Bridge of the 18th June 1817. (Taken from Somerset House.)
Published June 21st 1817, By R.Ackermann, 101 Strand.
Rare & fine coloured aquatint. 210 x 360mm, (8¼ x 14¼"), with large margins. Worm holes in left. Some creasing and time staining.
The opening of John Rennie's Bridge in 1817, published only three days after the event.
[Ref: 56061] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Published June 21st 1817, By R.Ackermann, 101 Strand.
Rare & fine coloured aquatint. 210 x 360mm, (8¼ x 14¼"), with large margins. Worm holes in left. Some creasing and time staining.
The opening of John Rennie's Bridge in 1817, published only three days after the event.
[Ref: 56061] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Sala Regalis cum Curia West-monasterÿ, vulgo Westminster haall.
[W. Hol]lar fecit, 1647.
Etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 145 x 285mm (5¾ x 11¼") Trimmed to printed border, repaired worm hole and creasing in sky.
A view of the square to the north of Westminster Hall, with groups of people and coaches on the left and a fountain on the right. For this state the printing plate has been trimmed on the left, leaving only 'lar' of the signature.
Pennington 1040, state iv of iv.
[Ref: 56071] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[W. Hol]lar fecit, 1647.
Etching, 18th century watermark. Sheet 145 x 285mm (5¾ x 11¼") Trimmed to printed border, repaired worm hole and creasing in sky.
A view of the square to the north of Westminster Hall, with groups of people and coaches on the left and a fountain on the right. For this state the printing plate has been trimmed on the left, leaving only 'lar' of the signature.
Pennington 1040, state iv of iv.
[Ref: 56071] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)