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James Hart
Festival of Britain
Lithographic poster map 45 x 58 cm Folding map published for London Transport and British Railways for visitors to the 1951 Festival of Britain, featuring the Abram Games logo, details of water bus services, a detailed plan of the Lambeth exhibition area by Waterloo Bridge. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
John Boydell (1719-1804)
A South Prospect of the City of Oxford
Hand-coloured engraving published 1751 in the series Four Views of Oxford 28x44.5cm If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. One of the most influential Georgian printsellers, Boydell was apprenticed to William Henry Toms at the age of 21, studying drawing at the St Marin's Lane Academy. From 1755 he imported foreign prints in great numbers. He became Mayor of London in 1790. -
Map of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely (1622) engraved by William Hole for Drayton’s Poly Olbion
London (1622) 24 x 31 cm (9 x 12 in) If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Edward Quin (British 1794-1828)
Twenty-one maps from An Historical Atlas in a Series of Maps of the World As Known at Different Periods.
Twenty-one hand-coloured engraved maps, various sizes, presented in fine hand-finished rosewood veneer frames. Click on the image to see all twenty-one maps. 15 approx 40 x 31 cm 5 approx 62 x 31 cm Seeley and Burnside np. nd. [London c. 1830] Scroll down for further information. -
Samuel & Nathaniel Buck
Byland Abbey, Yorkshire
Engraving 37x19cm, c. 1770 "Byland Abbey is an interesting ruin about five miles from Helmsley. It was a fine specimen of ecclesiastical architecture, founded by the monks of Furness, who were driven from their establishment in Lancashire during an incursion of the Scots. When the abbey was dissolved in 1540 its revenues amounted to 238l. 9s. 4d." (Source: The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 25 June 1836.) -
Macdonald (Max) Gill (1884-1947)
Australia: Her Natural and Industrial Resources (1950)
His Majesty’s Stationary Office, SO Code NO. 70-538-5-2 Lithographic poster 51 x 76cm (20 x 30 inches) Click here for biographical details and other works by the artist. Condition generally very good, a little spotting and the odd very short edge tear to margin not affecting image. If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.uk or call us on 07929 749056. -
Leo Vernon
West Africa (British Empire 1948)
Printed by J.Howitt & Son Ltd Lithographic poster 20×30 inches If you are interested email info@manningfineart.co.ukor call us on 07929 749056