Northumberland House, London, Wood Engraving from Old and New London, circa 1880
€ 180
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1880
Mapmaker / artist
Unsigned wood engraving
Publisher
Cassell's Old and New London (Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London)
Technique
Wood engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14391-23
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Good condition for its age. Even toning to the sheet with a few small spots in the margins; the image is clean. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
This engraving shows Northumberland House, the great Jacobean mansion of the Dukes of Northumberland at Charing Cross, seen from the north across a busy street. The plate is lettered "Cassell's Old and New London, Plate 26." at lower left beneath the image and "Northumberland House." in capitals below.
The long facade of the house fills the center, with its domed corner tower at the right and its tall ornamented frontispiece crowned by the famous Percy lion with outstretched tail. In front of it the street is crowded with traffic: carriages and cabs, a coach and four, horsemen, carts and pedestrians, with gas lamps along the pavements. A grand colonnaded building rises on the left, and on the right a statue on a tall pedestal stands before a row of older houses.
Northumberland House was the last of the great aristocratic palaces that had once lined the Strand between the City and Westminster. Built in the early seventeenth century, it was sold to the Metropolitan Board of Works and demolished in 1874 to make way for Northumberland Avenue, a loss widely regretted at the time. The Percy lion was saved and moved to Syon House, where it still stands.
Old and New London, begun by Walter Thornbury and completed by Edward Walford, was published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin in the 1870s and reissued in later editions, with separate full page plates such as this one numbered in the margin. The plates are wood engravings, printed in black on toned paper, and this view was included as a record of a building that had already vanished.
The print will appeal to collectors of lost London buildings, of Trafalgar Square and Charing Cross, and of Victorian street life, and it would make an attractive picture for a study, hallway or office.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
