The New Law Courts, Strand, London, by G. E. Street, Wood Engraving, circa 1882
€ 175
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1882
Mapmaker / artist
G. E. Street, R.A. (architect), T. Cowan (engraver)
Publisher
Cassell's Old and New London, Plate 35
Technique
Wood engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14391-27
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. Toning with light soiling to the edges, a few small spots and a small nick at the lower right corner, clear of the image. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
This wood engraving shows the New Law Courts, the Royal Courts of Justice, on the Strand in London, seen at an angle across a busy open street. The long Gothic Revival front stretches across the image, with its arched central entrance under a rose window, steep roofs bristling with turrets, pinnacles and chimneys, and a tall corner tower with a pointed roof at right. The street in front is crowded with Victorian life: hansom cabs and private carriages, a horse bus loaded with passengers, a gas lamp, and men in top hats and women in bustled dresses walking and talking in groups.
The plate is lettered "G. E. Street, R.A. Architect" at lower left, "Cassell's Old & New London Plate 35" at center, and "T. Cowan, Sculpt." at lower right, with the title THE NEW LAW COURTS. beneath.
The Royal Courts of Justice were designed by George Edmund Street (1824 to 1881), who won the competition in 1868 and devoted the rest of his life to the building. Construction began in 1873 and the courts were opened by Queen Victoria in December 1882, the year after Street's death. The building brought together the superior courts that had previously sat at Westminster and in Lincoln's Inn, and it remains the home of the High Court and the Court of Appeal and one of the last great monuments of the Gothic Revival in London.
Old and New London, begun by Walter Thornbury and completed by Edward Walford, was published by Cassell in the 1870s and 1880s and is still the best known illustrated history of the city. The separately numbered plates on toned paper are among its most attractive illustrations, and this one is of particular interest to lawyers and to collectors of Victorian London.
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.
