London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. The tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the first tunnel known to have been constructed successfully underneath a navigable river and was built between 1825 and 1843 using Marc Isambard Brunel's and Thomas Cochrane's newly invented tunnelling shield technology.

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving. Water stain at left edge, not affecting image.

London. A handsome antique print - the Tower of London by moonlight, tall ships on the river. Steel line engraving on paper. Later coloured by hand.

London. Original antique chromolithograph. It has had a bit of rough handling but mounted (see images) it will look fine.

Original uncoloured antique steel engraving. The engraving has obviously been removed from an earlier French volume and used to extra illustrate the 1813 book.

Middlesex. Antique hand coloured steel engraving. Toning beneath the engraved border.

Middlesex. Antique copper plate engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving. Very nice condition.

London. The original Waterloo Bridge designed by John Rennie and described by Canova as “the noblest bridge in the world”. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1827. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount with silver ruling. Very nice condition. Originally produced for Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1827-1830).

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving. Very nice condition.

London. A view of the nineteenth-century (1826) Shot Mill south-west of Waterloo Bridge – a site now the home of the Hayward Gallery, the Royal Festival Hall, etc. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1829. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. From Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. A view of the nineteenth-century (1826) Shot Mill south-west of Waterloo Bridge – a site now the home of the Hayward Gallery, the Royal Festival Hall, etc. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1829. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount with silver ruling. Very nice condition. Originally produced for Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1827-1830).

London. Oxford Street and the Pantheon, originally built in 1772 as a “winter Ranelagh” – an indoor pleasure resort described as “the most beautiful edifice in England” (but nonetheless demolished by Marks & Spencer in 1937 to make way for their Oxford Street store). Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1831. Originally produced for Shepherd’s series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (1829-1832).

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Piccadilly Circus down Lower Regent Street to Pall Mall. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1828. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. Originally produced for Shepherd’s part-work series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1829-1832).

London. Original antique steel engraving. Very nice condition.

London. Regent Street looking north from what is now Piccadilly Circus. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1828. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. Originally produced for Shepherd’s part-work series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1829-1832).

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving. Water stain top left; would be hidden by a mount.

London. Regent Street between Tenison Court and Beak Street – the premises of Robert Burton, wax and tallow chandler at no. 172 visible on the corner of the Court. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1828. Supplied in a dark green bevel cut mount. From Shepherd’s part-work series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. Looking south down Regent Street from what is now Oxford Circus – with the old Harmonic Institution (built by John Nash in 1819) prominent on the corner of Little Argyle Street, and the shops of Hodge & Lowman, linen-drapers, just to the north. It was a major concert venue until it burnt down in 1830. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1828. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. Originally produced for Shepherd’s part-work series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. Regent Street between Regent Place and Glasshouse Street – the premises of Henry Sibley, haberdasher at no.126 and those of John Newman the instrument-maker (with a giant pair of spectacles in the window) at no.122 are clearly seen. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1829. Supplied in a burgundy bevel cut mount. The paper is a trifle wrinkled. From Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. Original antique steel engraving. Water stain top left; would be hidden by a mount.

London. Regent Street running north from the corner of Great Marlborough Street – with the premises of George Frederick Urling & Co., Lacemen to the King, and Patentees of the New British Thread Lace, on the corner at no.224 (with the Royal Arms over the door), and a view of fashionable London beyond – leading to the spire of All Souls, Langham Place, in the distance. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1827. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. Originally produced for Shepherd’s part-work series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. Regent Street between the northern corner of Conduit Street and the head of Maddox Street – with fashionable carriages and shoppers. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1828. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. Originally produced for Shepherd’s part-work series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. Regent Street between the northern corner of Conduit Street and the head of Maddox Street – with fashionable carriages and shoppers. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1828. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. Originally produced for Shepherd’s part-work series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. Regent Street just south of Heddon Street – the premises of Samuel Wollaston, wine merchant at no.129, and Bryan Courthope, decorator (no.131) given some prominence amid the flow of pedestrian traffic. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1829. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. Originally produced for Shepherd’s part-work series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. A view looking south down Regent Street, from just above Princes Street to beyond Hanover Street, with the old chapel (built by Charles Robert Cockerell in 1823) and the shops of Miles Dison & Son (Foreign and British Lacemen) at no. 237, and William Pritchard, hatmaker, at no. 239, on the corners of Princes Street. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1827. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. Originally produced for Shepherd’s part-work series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. Original antique steel engraving. Very nice condition.

London. The west side of the lower end of Regent Street, south of Piccadilly Circus, between Charles II Street and Jermyn Street with the old chapel (built by George Stanley Repton in 1819-1820 and demolished in 1904). Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1827. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. Originally produced for Shepherd’s part-work series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. Original antique steel engraving. Water stain top left; would be hidden by a mount.

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving. Water stain top left; would be hidden by a mount.

London. A view of the Piccadilly Circus end of Regent Street, with fashionable carriages and the imposing premises of the Provident Life Office, to the right. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1827. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount*. Very nice condition. Originally produced for Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830). * Note: The mount shown is quite marked so a clean ivory mount will be supplied instead.

London. Original antique steel engraving. Water stain top left; would be hidden by a mount.

London. The Piccadilly Circus end of Regent Street, looking north towards the corner of Vigo Street, with the graceful arcades of the Quadrant. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1828. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. Originally produced for Shepherd’s part-work series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. Original antique steel engraving. Water stain top left; would be hidden by a mount.

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Genuine antique steel engraving

London. Genuine antique steel engraving

London. Genuine antique steel engraving

London. Etching and aquatint. The south-west view of Little Dean's Yard, taken from an upper window at the Revd. Mr. Douglas's. View in the yard with the entrance to Westminster School on the left, the Abbey behind; illustration to the Antiquities of Westminster. 1808. Lettered below image with title followed by This exhibits a part of Doctor Bell's house with its porch, said to be built by Inigo Jones, also the South entrance to the cloisters & the entrance to Westminster School with its porch & above it, in the middle, the South end of the school, shewing its line of direction to Westminster Abbey. At bottom left This was Ashburnham House in which a portion of the Cottonian Library was destroyed by fire, October 23 1731.

London. Genuine antique steel engraving

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving. Water stain top left; would be hidden by a mount.

London. Antique copper plate engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. The recently built Langham Place, looking towards the John Nash church of All Souls. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1828. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. From Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving. Very nice condition.

London. Original antique steel engraving. Very nice condition.

London. The graceful terrace built by Thomas Chawner between 1822 and 1825. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1827. Supplied in a dark green bevel cut mount with a single blind ruling. From Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

London. Original antique steel engraving. Fine worming on right edge.

London. The Blackheath and Greenwich coach waiting to depart. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1830. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. From Shepherd’s part-work series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1829-1832).

London. Original antique steel engraving.

London. Original antique steel engraving. Smudges in top margin, see image.

London. Original antique steel engraving. Water stain top left; would be hidden by a mount.

London. Original antique steel engraving. Water stain top left; would be almost entirely hidden by a mount.

London. The Treasury as rebuilt by Soane between 1824 and 1827. Original antique steel line engraving on paper with later hand colouring. Jones & Co., 1828. Supplied in an ivory bevel cut mount. From Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London: 1827-1830).

Middlesex. Original antique steel engraving.