* Glasgow. The Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Limited, Govan, circa 1900, unattributed colour lithograph, 385 x 655 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a Scottish shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the Second World War. It also built many transatlantic liners, including record-breaking ships for the Cunard Line and Canadian Pacific, such as the Blue Riband-winning sisters RMS Campania and RMS Lucania . At the other end of the scale, Fairfields built fast cross-channel mail steamers and ferries for locations around the world. These included ships for the Bosporus crossing in Istanbul and some of the early ships used by Thomas Cook for developing tourism on the River Nile. The company was found in 1834 as an engine and machinery firm and in 1852 it became Randolph, Elder and Company when John Elder joined the business. In 1858 the company acquired the Govan Old Shipyard and diversified into shipbuilding. It became The Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in 1886. It became part of the Northumberland Shipping Company in 1919 and in 1935 Fairfield was taken over by Lithgows of Port Glasgow. It changed hand several times during the 20th century, declined and was nationalised and eventually emerged as part of BAE Marine Systems in 1999.
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* Grignion (Charles). A Perspective View of Hampton Court Bridge cross the River Thames. Open'd Decr. 13th. 1753, circa 1755, hand coloured engraving after A. Heckel, 355 x 540 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS This was the first bridge to be built on this site and was completed in 1753, but it was replaced in 1778.
* Guildford. Prosser (Henry), High Street, Guildford, Surrey, Vincent Brooks Day & Son, 1877, lithograph with contemporary hand colouring, slight staining, 515 x 765 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A large and rare lithograph of Guildford High Street, teeming with people and business with the famous clock at the summit of the hill.
* Harris (John, the younger). Fishmonger's Hall, taken from London Bridge, Ackermann & Co. April 15th, 1836, aquatint on wove after E. Gifford, printed in colours and finished with fine bright contemporary hand colouring, 400 x 515 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Havell (Daniel). Westminster Hall & Abbey as seen from Westminster Bridge, R. Ackermann, Jany. 1st. 1819, aquatint on wove after J. Gendell with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, slight marginal fraying along upper margin, repaired on verso, 380 x 500 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Havell (Robert, Junr). The Bridge at Kingston-Upon-Thames. To the Lord High Steward and the Bailiffs and Freemen of that Ancient Corporation, this plate is humbly Inscribed by their most obedient servant Edward Lapidge, Architect of the Bridge, E. Lapidge, July 1828, aquatint after E. Lapidge with contemporary hand colouring, several repaired marginal closed tears, slight spotting, 400 x 635 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Havell (Robert). View of Reading School & Playground. dedicated by Permission to the Revd. R. Valpy, D. D. F. A. S. and the Gentlemen of Reading School..., E. Havell, Frier Street Reading, Oct. 1816, aquatint after Edmund Havell with bright contemporary hand colouring, slight marginal fraying and one repaired closed tear in the upper right corner, 430 x 590 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A busy scene of numerous boys playing various games including bowling hoops, cricket and rounders.
* Hunt (Charles). The "Enterprise" Steam Omnibus, Built by Mr Walter Hancock, of Stratford, for the London and Paddington Steam Carriage Compy. Commenced Running April 22nd 1833, London: Ackermann & Co., June 1833, aquatint after William Summers, with contemporary hand colouring, light toning, 370 x 470 mm, framed & glazed, Parker Gallery label to versoQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The aquatint shows the steam omnibus "Enterprise" with a large engine underneath and driver at the front being driven at speed along a road. It can be seen overtaking a horse-drawn carriage beside it, with spectators standing on the side of the road. The Enterprise began a regular service between London Wall and Paddington via Islington. It was the first regular steam carriage service, and the first mechanically propelled vehicle specially designed for omnibus work to be operated. The engine worked on a crank and iron chains applied the power to the back wheels. The engineer Walter Hancock (1799-1852) was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, the sixth son of John Hancock, a timber merchant and cabinet-maker. He served an apprenticeship as a watchmaker and jeweller in London. Hancock invented a steam engine in 1824 in which the ordinary cylinder and piston were replaced by two flexible bags, consisting of several layers of canvas bonded with a rubber solution, and alternately filled with steam. Between 1824 and 1836 he constructed a number of steam road vehicles at his Stratford works in East London. By 1840 interest in the development of steam-powered road vehicles had reduced, partly due to the road tolls imposed by the Turnpike Acts. See John Hickman, 'The engravings of Charles and George Hunt', Norwich 2017, p.314.
* Hunt (George). View on the Thames, shewing Goding's New Lion Ale Brewery, The Wharfs, Shot Factories, and the Lambeth end of Waterloo Bridge, London: John Moore, December 30th, 1836, aquatint by Geoge Hunt after Francis Calcraft Turner, printed in colour and finished by hand, thread margins, few short closed tears and surface abrasions, light toning, 450 x 620 mm, mounted, framed & glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS Goding's Brewery (or Lion Brewery) was built in 1836, to a design by Francis Edwards. The Goding family brewery, headed by Thomas Goding, was very successful during the nineteenth century. The site was particularly desirable as there was a waterworks nearby, which the Godings bought and incorporated into the brewery in 1853. The water used for brewing was sourced from the five wells inside the building. The brewery was taken over in 1924 by the brewers Hoare and Co., of Wapping, and was badly damaged by fire in 1931, where it remained derelict until it was demolished in 1949. The Royal Festival Hall stands in its place today and the only evidence of the original brewery is the large lion visible on the top of the building, made of artificial Coade stone which now stands at the east end of Westminster Bridge on the South Bank, now known as the South Bank Lion.
* Hunter (Henry). A South East view of the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear at Sunderland in the Co. of Durham Built by Rowland Burdon Esqr. M.P., Span 236 Ft. Height 100 Ft. Spring of the Arch 33 Ft. & is to be the largest Arch in the World. The Foundation Stone was laid 24th Sepr. 1793 & the Bridge opened 9th Augt. 1796, engraving on wove after R. Johnson, few repaired closed tears to margins (mostly at foot), 350 x 420 mm, mounted, framed & glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Kell Brothers (publishers). Metropolitan Railway, Baker Street Station, circa 1868, bright chromolithograph slight spotting to margins, occasional repaired wormholes to margins, 440 x 630 mm, mounted, framed and glazed with a Richard Green and Frank T. Sabin Gallery label on versoQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The Metropolitan Railway operated the first underground service, which ran from Farringdon Steet north to King's Cross, and west to Paddington (Bishop's Road), utilising trains hauled by steam engines.
* Kell Brothers (publishers). Metropolitan Railway, Bellmouth, Praed Street, circa 1868, bright chromolithograph, some repaired worming but confined to margins, 440 x 630 mm, mounted, framed and glazed with a Richard Green and Frank T. Sabin Gallery label on versoQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The Metropolitan Railway operated the first underground service, which ran from Farringdon Steet north to King's Cross, and west to Paddington (Bishop's Road), utilising trains hauled by steam engines.
* Lambert (M. & M.W.). Dublin & Liverpool Screw Steam Packet Company's Screw Steam Ship Despatch, James Cooper Commander, Newcastle Upon Tyne: M. & M.W. Lambert, circa 1830, lithograph on wove (lined to verso), with contemporary hand colouring, repaired closed tears to margins, light spotting & minor toning, 450 x 600 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Liverpool. Maclure (A., after), Birkenhead Iron Works. Graving Docks and Ship Building Slips. Engineering & Boiler making Shops, John Laird Esqr. Proprietor, lithographed by Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor, Liverpool, circa 1890, tint stone lithograph, slight spotting and staining but largely confined to margins, one marginal repaired closed tear just affecting image, 515 x 710 mm, framed and glazed in a contemporary stained oak moulding with gilt slipQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The Laird company was founded by William Laird, who had established the Birkenhead Iron Works in 1824. He was joined by his son, John Laird in 1828, and their first ship was an iron barge. The company soon became pre-eminent in the manufacture of iron ships and also made major advances in propulsion. In 1860, John Laird was joined in the business by his three sons, renaming it John Laird, Sons & Co. The sons continued the business after their father's death in 1874 as Laird Brothers. It merged with Johnson Cammell and Company in 1903 and became Cammell and Laird, a company at the forefront of shipbuilding. Although the company has been through many guises and various owners, bankruptcy and revival it is still known today as Cammell Laird and continues to refit and build warships and merchant vessels, including the British Antarctic Survey Vessell the RRS Sir David Attenborough.
* London Docks. Phelps (J.), To the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Secretary of the St. Katherine's Dock Company. This plate representing the works in their progress as they appeared in the month of January 1828..., G. R. Phelps, Oct. 25th 1828, large aquatint after W. Ranwell with contemporary hand colouring, slight staining, 595 x 665 mm, mounted, framed and glazed with a Parker gallery label to versoQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A rare engraving depicting the monumental effort in manpower and resources which were needed to build St Katherine's Dock. The print was probably only distributed to the board of directors and shareholders of the construction company and this would account for the lack of information and obscurity of what is a large and impressive plate. It is worth noting that the engraver, J. Phelps - who was undoubtedly talented - does not have an entry in Ian Mackenzie's 'British prints...'.
* London. Her Majesties Royal Palace at Kensington. To Her Most Serene and most Sacred Majesty Anne by ye Grace of God Queen of Great Britain France & Ireland &c. [and] The Royall Palace of Hampton Court. To the Right Honorable Charles Spencer, Earle of Sunderland, Baron of Wormleighton, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretary's of State &c. circa 1714, pair of large uncoloured engraved aerial prospects, each on two conjoined sheets, old folds, slight spotting, each approximately 565 x 910 mmQty: (2)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS Dramatic engravings, originally published in Johannes Kip's 'Britannia Illustrata'.
* Manchester. The Manchester Fountains, Designed & Arranged for the Occasion of Her Majesty's Visit, October 10th, 1851, by Freeman Roe, Hydraulic Engineer, This Print by special permission is dedicated to Sir John Potter and the Corporation, by their obedient servant, Freeman Roe, Hydraulic Engineer, London: printed by W.P. Metchim, 1851, tinted lithograph with contemporary hand colouring, scattered spotting, 330 x 430 mm, mounted, framed & glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS Manchester’s most dramatic permanent fountains were those ranged in front of the former hospital buildings in Piccadilly Gardens. The lithograph is after a painting by George Hayes (c.1823-1895) commemorating Queen Victoria’s visit in 1851. The fountains were replaced by an esplanade later in the century and a small fountain was introduced into sunken gardens after the hospital was demolished.
* Maritime. The Cunard Royal Mail Ship "Britannia" (John Hewitt, Commander) as she appeared leaving her Dock at East Boston, February 3d. 1844 bound from Boston to Liverpool. The original print bore this inscription " "Dedicated by the publishers to the Merchants of Boston who projected and paid for a canal cut in the Ice 7 miles long, 100 feet wide, much credit was due to the Committee and to the Contractors Messrs. Gage, Hittinger & Co. and John Hill for their perseverance in accomplishing so arduous an undertaking, Presented by the Cunard Steamship Company 99 State Street, Boston. James Alexander Agent, February 1876, unattributed tint stone lithograph printed 'from the press of Ferd. Mayer, Fulton St. N. Y.', very slight staining, 480 x 630 mmQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS Published to promote the port of Boston, the depiction of the thick ice inadvertently acted as a deterrent and many foreign shipping companies and merchants sent their vessels to New York instead.
* Maritime. The London. A New First-rate Man of War, lately Launches at Chatham, carrying 112 Guns and One Thousand Men, printed and sold in Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, London, circa, 1740, unattributed woodblock print with contemporary hand colouring, some old folds and creasing, 425 x 515 mm, mounted, framed and glazed with a Richard Green and Frank T. Sabin Gallery label on versoQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS We can find no record of this print. Presumably published as a cheap 'broadside' for mass consumption, its chances of survival were remote. The printers address was that of C. Dicey between 1736 and 1763.
* Merian (Matthaus, 1593-1650). Panoramic View of Paris, circa 1650, copper engraving on laid paper, a very good impression, several vertical creases where previously folded, minor nick to tree branch towards top left of the image, margins trimmed to upper and lower borders, plate size 270 x 710 mm (10.6 x 28 ins), laid down on old card, with card mountQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS Fine panoramic view of 17th century Paris, taken from a vantage point to the north near Buttes-Chaumont, with the artist depicted sketching the view in the foreground. Published in Topographia Franconiae, with text by the German scholar Martin Zeiler by Matthaus Merian in Frankfurt in 1648.
* Miller (W.). The Stockton and Darlington Railway Suspension Bridge erected over the River Tees near Stockton by Saml Brown Esqr. R.N. being the first application of a Bridge of Suspension for the support and continuation of the Railway. This engraving is by permission most respectfully Inscribed to the Stockton and Darlington Railway Co. by Jas. Dixon their assistant Engineer, circa 1830, hand-coloured engraving after J. Dixon, inset view of the Bridge with an elevation and plan and a list of the bridge's dimensions below the image, some repaired marginal closed tears, 435 x 530 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A rare early railway print showing an engine pulling 24 waggons of coal. The bridge was the first suspension bridge built for railway traffic and opened in December 1830. The bridge was an engineering failure and oscillated alarmingly and according to contemporary reports, when the first steam engine and train crossed the bridge on 27th December 1830, the bridge flexed so much that the deck rippled like a wave in front of the engine. There is still a bridge on the site but it is the fifth incarnation.
* New York. Fifth Avenue from 42nd Street, Looking South, New York: Max Williams, 1904, colour lithograph by R.A. Welcke after an 'old photograph' by John Bachmann 1879, repaired verticle closed tear to lower margin and caption, light toning and spotting, 400 x 510 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS John Bachmann, a German immigrant, was an artist and lithographer, credited with coining the term "bird’s-eye view". Bachmann made bird's eye views of Civil War battle scenes as well as views of New York City from different locations. Max Williams was a New York City publisher, noted for his Currier & Ives prints, republished using the original lithographic stones.
* Papprill (Henry A.). This View of Her Majesty's Steam Frigate Cyclops off Spithead under Admiralty Orders..., Ackermann & Co., 1840, aquatint after W. A. Knell with contemporary hand colouring, some toning and staining, some creasing, abrasion and repaired closed tears affecting image, thread margins, 460 x 620 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Papprill (Henry A.). This View of The Great Britain Iron Steam Ship is with permission dedicated to the Proprietors of the Great Western Steam-Ship Company..., Ackermann & Co. May 22nd, 1845, aquatint after J. Walter with contemporary hand colouring, slight spotting to the margins, slightly faded, 465 x 620 mm, mounted, framed and glazed with a Richard Green and Frank Sabin label to versoQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS An iconic vessel, she was designed by Isambard Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York City. While other ships had been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship. When launched in 1843, Great Britain was by far the largest vessel afloat; but her protracted construction time of six years (1839–1845) and high cost had left her owners in a difficult financial position, and they were forced out of business in 1846, having spent all their remaining funds refloating the ship after she ran aground after a navigation error at Dundrum Bay in Northern Ireland. In 1852 she was sold for salvage and repaired and later carried thousands of immigrants to Australia from 1852 until being converted to all-sail in 1881. Three years later, she was retired to the Falkland Islands, where she was used as a warehouse, quarantine ship and coal hulk until she was scuttled and sunk in 1937, 98 years after being laid down. She was rescued and towed back to the UK in 1970, and after extensive restoration, she is now listed as part of the National Historic Fleet and is a museum ship in dry dock in Bristol Harbour, with between 150,000 and 200,000 visitors annually.
* Papprill (Henry). H.M. War Steam Frigate the Terrible, of 1847 Tons, & 800 Horse power, London: Ackermann & Co., August 14th, 1856, aquatint after William Knell on wove, with bright contemporary hand colouring, 475 x 635 mm, framed & glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Parsons (Charles). Steamer Roanoke. New York & Virginia Steamship Company, New York: Endicott & Co., circa 1870, tinted lithograph after Charles Parsons, professional repairs to margins, long repaired tear at head of sheet and image, few light creases and surface wear, occasional dust-soiling, 345 x 530 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The original side-wheel paddle steamer "Roanoke" was built in around 1851 and was in service with the New York and Virginia Steamship Company. She served as a troop carrier for the Union Army in the American Civil War and ran on a commercial route from New York to Havana and New Orleans, but was captured by Confederate privateers and destroyed.
* Picken (T. & Walters, S, printer & artist). The "Great Eastern" Steam Ship, William Harrison Esqe. Commander. Constructed at the Eastern Steam Navigation Company's Works Millwall from the Designs and Under the Direction of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Esquire ... to whom the plate is most respectfully dedicated by his obedient Servant Samuel Walters, Liverpool: S & W. Walters, London: Lloyd Brothers, New York: William Stevens & Williams, Sept. 1857, lithograph on wove by Day & Son, two small areas of repair and some light dust-soiling, contemporary hand colouring, 440 x 730 mm, framed & glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Picken (Thomas). Recollections of the Blue-Coat Hospital, Liverpool, St. George's Day, 1843, Henry Lacey, Liverpool, April 23rd, 1844, lithograph after Henry Travis with contemporary hand colouring, toned overall with several marginal closed tears affecting image, 510 x 610 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Picken (Thomas). The Victoria Bridge, Windsor, Erected over the River Thames, for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, &c. Thos. Page, Engineer, London: Standidge & Co., [1851], colour printed lithograph, wide margins with few closed tears to edges, lined with tissue to verso, light dust-soiling, 420 x 580 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS This view of the Victoria Bridge, Windsor was published in 1851, the date of opening. It shows a good view of Windsor Castle from the North-East, with 3 boats on the river and figures on the bridge and towpath.
* Pyall (Henry). Westminster Bridge, Surrey Shore. Searle & Sons respectfully beg leave to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry and the Public in general that they have constantly for sale and hire, Boats of every description adapted for parties of Pleasure, viz Shallops, Cutters, Wherries, Funnies, Skiffs, Sailing-Boats & Fishing Punts..., circa 1840, aquatint after E. F. Lambert with contemporary hand colouring, 340 x 400 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS It was at Searle’s Boatyard that the Leander Club – one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world – was founded in 1818. The original site of Searle’s Boatyard disappeared beneath the Albert Embankment and therefore, the site is no longer evident. The Club is now based in Remenham, in Berkshire, and adjoins Henley-on-Thames. On 7th June 2018, a plaque was unveiled, marking the original site of Searle’s boathouse and what became the Leander Club.
* Pyall (Henry). The New Steam Carriage, London: Thomas McLean, circa 1830, aquatint by Henry Pyall after Garner Morton, with contemporary hand colouring, few small repaired closed tears to right & lower blank margins, 295 x 400 mm, mounted, framed & glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS Designed and constructed by the inventor Goldsworth Gurney the steam-powered carriage was completed in 1828 and successfully travelled to and from London & Bath at a speed of 8 to 10 miles per hour. The steam carriage pictured was designed to carry 6 passengers inside and 12 outside.
* Railways. Hughes (S. G.), Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Two plates, A Train of the First Class of carriages with the Mail [on a sheet with] A Train of the Second Class for Outside Passengers, [and] A Train of Waggons with Goods &c. &c. [on a sheet with] A Train of Carriages with Cattle, R. Ackermann, November 1831, pair of aquatints after J. Shaw, both with bright contemporary hand colouring, each with a central fold and a skillfully repaired closed tear running in parallel to the fold, each approximately 235 x 635 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed, with a Richard Green and Frank T. Sabin Gallery label to versoQty: (2)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Reeve (Richard Gilson). Edinburgh from the Top of Arthurs Seat, Smith Elder & Co. circa 1820, aquatint after William Purser with bright contemporary hand colouring, repaired tear affecting image, margins a little frayed, laid on later card, 430 x 575 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A fine and scarce view of Edinburgh. We can find no records of this print appearing in auction in the last twenty years.
* Reeve (R.G. & A.W.). This Plate of the Favourite Steam Ships Vivid and Waterwitch, off Orfordness in a breeze, Hull: printed by McQueen, October, 1839, aquatint after John Ward on wove, with contemporary bright hand colouring, one or two repaired closed tears to margins and short closed tear to sea area, 580 x 770 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A fine nautical scene printed by McQueen after the original painting by the leading marine artist John Ward (1798-1849), inscribed in the plate "This Plate of the Favourite Steam Ships Vivid and Waterwitch, Off Orfordness In A Breeze. From a Painting in the Possession of Thomas Griffin Esq. is respectfully dedicated to that Gentleman and the Shareholders of The Number Union Steam Company, By their Obliged and Humble Servant R.L. Crackles. Hull, October, 1839".
* Reeve (Richard). To William Brand Esqr. F.S.A. Collector of His Majesty's Customs of the Port of Boston, Lincolnshire; This View of the Iron Bridge over the Witham is most respectfully inscribed by his much obliged and devoted Servant John Buckler, Bermondsey: J. Buckler, April 1808, aquatint on wove by Richard Reeve after John Buckler, with contemporary hand colouring, few short closed tears and fraying to blank margins and corners, lined to verso with archival tissue, light toning and few scuffs to image, 445 x 580mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
![* Rogerson R., (publisher). A Midnight Race on the Mississippi [and] American Express Trains leaving the Junction, Leeds, 187](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc76fda2-dd27-4642-96f7-ac3a00da939f/e61cc2f3-2d08-4b45-9e75-ac3e00c91076/468x382.jpg)
* Rogerson R., (publisher). A Midnight Race on the Mississippi [and] American Express Trains leaving the Junction, Leeds, 1871, pair of chromolithographs by Yates & Co. Ltd. of Nottingham, slight staining and a small repaired hole below the title on 'American Express Trains', each approximately 400 x 580 mm, in uniform near-contemporary maple frames with gold slips, overall size 550 x 775 mmQty: (2)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS Both images were originally published by Currier and Ives in the United States. These are plagiarised English versions with the first described print taken from the Currier & Ives print of the race between the Natchez and the Eclipse. In this English version, the two ships have been re-named Lincoln & Davies, relating to Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davies and it states that the image is 'From a Sketch by the Captain of the Lincoln'. Uncommon.
* Sandby (Paul). Bridge-North S. W., 1774, aquatint after Rev. Dr. Luttrell Wynne with contemporary hand colouring, some staining, laid on later stiff paper, 370 x 540 mmQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A fine aquatint of the market town of Bridgenorth in Shropshire. Sandby first visited Bridgnorth in 1770 and it appears in the background of two later bodycolour landscapes dominated by a large beech tree, one at the V&A, dated 1794 (Hermann 25), the other at Yale Center for British Art (Hermann 130): he exhibited a view entitled 'East View of Bridgnorth' at the Royal Academy, London in 1801. (BM).
* Scott (Alexander, lithographer). Viaduct over the river Medlock and Ashton Canal, on the Ardwick Branch Railway, John Hackshaw Esquire, Engineer, James Brunless, Acting Engineer. Messrs. Howell, Hemingways and Pearson, Contractors, Manchester, printed Maclure, Macdonald and Macgregor, Liverpool, London and Glasgow, circa 1846, lithograph with contemporary hand colouring, slight spotting around the title, slight creasing to vertical margins, 420 x 610 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS In the early 1880s, the viaduct became unsafe because of coal workings beneath the bridge and had to be completely renewed by the construction of a new double-track structure to the north completely replacing the earlier viaduct.
* Sheffield. Harris (John), View of the Town of Sheffield from the South East, Marples & Hibbert, Sheffield, April 1st 1844, aquatint after H. P. Parker with contemporary hand colouring, mount stained and laid on later card, 455 x 630 mmQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A large and uncommon panorama of an industrial city.
* Southampton. Scruton (J.), The High Street Southampton ( two views), H. Buchan, Proprietor of the Hants. Picture Gallery, Southampton, 1827 & 28, pair of uncoloured lithographs after R. Scruton, printed W. Day, slight spotting, laid on later paper, each approximately 360 x 460 mm, mountedQty: (2)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
![* Stephenson (Robert). Conway Tubular Bridge. With the preparations for raising the second tube, London: John Weale, [1849],](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc76fda2-dd27-4642-96f7-ac3a00da939f/a7e40d2a-954d-4c52-a25c-ac3e00c91377/468x382.jpg)
* Stephenson (Robert). Conway Tubular Bridge. With the preparations for raising the second tube, London: John Weale, [1849], colour lithograph by Day & Son after George Hawkins, plate number XXXVI upper right, light spotting and creasing, 510 x 330 mmQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The view shows the new bridge at Conway in north Wales with work on the new structure underway. The Conway Railway Bridge was designed by railway engineer Robert Stephenson in collaboration with William Fairbairn and Eaton Hodgkinson. It carries the North Wales coast railway line across the River Conwy between Llandudno Junction and the town of Conwy. Construction commenced in 1846 and opened in 1849, it is the last surviving example of this type of design by Stephenson.
* Sutherland (Thomas). Southwark Iron Bridge as seen from Bank-side, R. Ackermann, Jany. 1st, 1819, aquatint after J. Gendall, contemporary hand colouring, mount stained and with slight overall toning, occasional marginal repaired closed tears, 390 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Thomas (Robert Kent). This print of The "Meteor" and "Prince of Wales" Iron Steam Vessels (built by Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill & Co.), leaving the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, is respectfully dedicated to The Directors of The Blackwall Railway Company. These Vessels are Unrivalled for Speed, S. D. Skillett, Ebenezer Place, Limehouse, printed by Day & Haghe, circa 1860, lithograph after S. D. Skillett with contemporary hand colouring, slight spotting, slight creasing in the sky, 530 x 785 mm, mounted, framed and glazed with a Richard Green and Frank T. Sabin Gallery label to versoQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS An unusually large and rare maritime view.
* Chepstow. Town of Chepstow. Havell (Robert), Smith Elder & Co. March 1826, fine aquatint after T. Clark, printed in colours and finished by hand, 405 x 605 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with an Arthur Ackermann & Son Gallery label on versoQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Truro. Newman & Co., lithographers), Truro and neighbourhood, J. R. Netherton, Truro, circa 1850, lithograph with contemporary hand colouring, slight spotting and staining, very slight creasing, laid on later paper, 395 x 555 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Turner (Charles). Castle Street, Aberdeen, London: Charles Turner, circa 1815, aquatint on wove by Charles Turner (of Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, London) after Hugh Ivine, lower margin caption and dedication to James Byres Esqr. of Tonley, skilfully repaired closed tear to left hand of image, 450 x 610 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The original oil on canvas painted by Hugh Irvine in 1812 hangs at Drum Castle, Banchory, Scotland (property of National Trust for Scotland).
* Turrell (Edmund). View of the Suspension Bridge now erecting over the Menai Strait near Bangor in Carnarvonshire, from the Design of Thomas Telford ... taken when near High Water, by W.A. Provis the Resident Engineer, circa 1826, engraving on India paper, laid on wove, few tears to margin edges, 400 x 645 mmQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Varin (Charles Nicolas, 1741-1812). Feu d'Artifice tiré sur la Place de la Couture a l'occasion de l'Inauguration de la Statue du Roy a Reims, 26 Aoust 1765, fine copper engraving on laid paper by Varin fratres, after Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe (1716-1794), some minor marks and repaired closed tears to margins (generally in good overall condition), trimmed near the platemark, restrengthened to verso with paper to all margins, 565 x 690 mm (22.25 x 27.2 ins)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Vivares (François). A View of the Upper Works at Coalbrook Dale in the County of Salop, Designed and Published by G. Perry and T. Smith, 1758, uncoloured engraving on laid, narrow margins and slight mount staining, slight spotting, 380 x 535 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Walters (Samuel). H. E. I. C. Iron Steam Ship Nemeses, Lieutenant Hall R. N. Commander. Built by John Laird Esqre. North Birkenhead. To the Chairman and Directors of the Honble. East India Company..., S. Walters, Liverpool and Ackermann & Co. London, circa 1845, lithograph with contemporary hand colouring, dimensions listed alongside the title, slight spotting and some water staining, 360 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The Nemesis (the spelling in the title of the print appears to be an error) was the first British ocean-going iron warship. She was the largest of a class of six similar vessels ordered by the East India Company. Launched in 1839, the Nemesis was deployed to China and used to great effect in the First Opium War. The Chinese had nothing to match her fire-power and referred to her as the "devil ship". William Hall - who would eventually become an Admiral and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath - was given special dispensation that allowed the time he spent as commander of an East India ship to count towards his time and seniority in the Royal Navy.
* Walters (Samuel, after). The Transatlantic Steam Ship "Liverpool". Lieutenant R.J. Fayrer, R.N. Commander. On her First Voyage to New York, October, 1838, [Liverpool: Henry Lacey; London: Ackermann & Co., and New York: Appleton & Co., 1838], tinted lithograph by Thomas Fairland after Samuel Walters, with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to margins with loss of imprint, light spotting, 395 x 520 mm, mounted, framed & glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The Paddle steamer "Liverpool" was constructed of wood by Humble & Millcrest of Liverpool in 1837. It was the first transatlantic two funnel steamer. Launched on October 14, 1837, her maiden voyage Left Liverpool for New York on 20th October 1838 with 60 passengers, she was forced back into Cork by a severe gale. Staying until 6th November, she arrived at New York after 16 days on November 23. She made seven round voyages until the company was disbanded in 1840. The lithograph shows the "Liverpool" in full sail and steam, with a distant view of an east-bound ship of the American Black Ball Line.
![* Ward (W., publisher). 'Travelling as it was', & 'Travelling as it is', [London]: W. Ward, circa 1830, together a pair o](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc76fda2-dd27-4642-96f7-ac3a00da939f/d4cca704-daa7-4ace-8b59-ac3e00c91a4d/468x382.jpg)
* Ward (W., publisher). 'Travelling as it was', & 'Travelling as it is', [London]: W. Ward, circa 1830, together a pair of lithographs, with contemporary hand colouring, the first depicting a stagecoach pulled by four horses and the second depicting an early steam locomotive & carriages at a station, 'Travelling as it is' with two closed tears to sky area and few shorter closed tears to lower edge, 240 x 320 mmQty: (2)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
* Weston Super Mare. Newman & Co., (lithographers), Weston Super Mare from the Pier, A. Strowd, Weston Super Mare, circa 1870, tint stone lithograph slight marginal spotting, 265 x 380 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The pier at Weston was designed by Eugenius Birch and was built between 1864 - 67
* Weymouth. Reeve (Richard Gilson), Weymouth, W. Thomas, Librarian, Bookseller &c. Weymouth, circa 1850, aquatint after H. Hassler with bright contemporary hand colouring, slight soiling to margins, 260 x 475 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A fine bright example of a bustling Weymouth Bay.
* Wolf (F.). Der Dampfwagen von London nach Birmingham von der Erfindung des Herrn Dr. Church, 1833, lithograph on wove by Justin Wien after F. Wolf, contemporary bright hand colouring, title in German & French, 260 x 360 mm, mounted, framed & glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The American inventor, William Church (circa 1778–1863) invented the first typesetting machine in 1822 while a resident of Boston. He secured English patents and then moved to Bordesley Green, near Birmingham to promote his invention. He took out patents for a number of other items and processes, including a marine engine patent in 1829. This apparently led him to patent his first steam carriage in 1832, which was never built. A second patent in 1835 led to the creation of the London and Birmingham Steam Carriage Company. The company prospectus described this vehicle as having a 60 HP engine and being heavy enough to carry 15 tons at 15 miles an hour. The lithograph shows the steam carriage as a large three-wheeled vehicle with passenger compartments to front and rear which was similar to conventional stagecoach bodies, with seating on top, and the driver mounted high at the front operating tiller steering. The central part contained the mechanism. An example of this lithograph has not been located, however, a similar print by Josiah Allen is held at the Science Museum.
* Yarmouth. Pollard (Robert), A North West View of the Jetty at Yarmouth, J. Butcher, June 19th, 1801 , uncoloured mixed-method engraving after J. Butcher, trimmed to plate mark, 440 x 690 mmQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
![* Pouncy (Benjamin Thomas). Building of a Cutter, Chace of a Cutter [and] Dissolution of a Cutter, 1783, three (of four) unco](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc76fda2-dd27-4642-96f7-ac3a00da939f/d4ebda9a-5c1b-42ec-9a50-ac3e00c92a24/468x382.jpg)
* Pouncy (Benjamin Thomas). Building of a Cutter, Chace of a Cutter [and] Dissolution of a Cutter, 1783, three (of four) uncoloured etchings after J. Kitchingman, one repaired marginal closed tear to the first plate, slight spotting, each approximately 250 x 310 mm, uniformly framed and glazed in near-contemporary black and gilt mouldings, overall size 305 x 365 mmQty: (3)NOTESThere is a fourth print in this series 'Unlading of a Cutter' which is lacking.
* Smith (John). The Honble. Dudley Woodbridg Esq. Director Genll. of ye Royal Assiento Company of England in Barbados, 1718, uncoloured half-length mezzotint on laid after G. Kneller, thread margins, slight marginal chipping, 335 x 250 mm, together with Dawe (H.). To Charles Kemble Esqre. This print of his Sister Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse is most respectfully dedicated..., James Bulcock, 1st. January 1827, uncoloured mezzotint on wove after Sir Joshua Reynolds, slight spotting, 450 x 310 mm, with Dickinson (William). Richard Grenville Temple Earl Temple Viscount and Baron Cobham..., Wm. Dickinson, 1778, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after Sir Joshua Reynolds, slight creasing, lower right corner crudely strengthened on verso, torn with slight loss to the upper right corner, 510 x 360 mm, with another two mezzotints similar, plus 16 engravings of etching of classical and genre scenes, religion, portraits, marine and topographical scenes, with examples by or after Bartolozzi, Jowett, Bunbury, Agar and Porter, mostly large format, various sizes and conditionQty: (21)
Album. A Victorian album belonging to J. Coubrough, 1855, approximately 70 leaves, filled with original drawings, engravings, photographs, etc., including: 12 watercolours and 14 pen & ink drawings of shells, fruit, flowers, animals, costumes, flags, topographical scenes, etc., a number signed or initialled by the owner of the album and dated, e.g. a pencil drawing of soldiers and the wounded titled "War in Kaffirland"; an albumen print of the Louvre by Édouard Baldus, with signature stamp in black ink to lower right below image, and manuscript inscription to lower blank margin 'Paris '57. J.C.'; 14 other photographs, of Rome, Florence, Pompei, and Naples; 4 hand-coloured aquatints by Ernst Arnold, Dresden titled 'Ansicht der Elbe Brücke zu Dresden', 'Ansicht der Newmarkets zu Dresden mit der Frauenkirche', ' Vue de l'interieur du Zwinger à Dresde', 'Ansicht der katholischen Kirche zu Dresden'; and 110 embossed crests and monograms on 2 pages, album leaf size 25.7 x 33.4cm (10.25 x 13ins), front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Blanefield, front free endpaper inscribed 'J. Couborough A Christmas Present from Mrs. Gerson December 1855', original blind-stamped brown cloth, with 'Album' in gilt on front cover, spine ends frayed, corners showing, some marks, oblong folioQty: (1)NOTESThe Coubroughs were a Scottish family, one branch of which resided at Blanefield House, Strathblane, Stirlingshire. Blanefield Printworks in Strathblane was owned by an Anthony Park Coubrough for most of the second half of the 19th century, and the family played an active role in the life of the parish.
* Fleming (Alexander, 1881-1955). A signed half-length portrait vintage gelatin silver print photograph, circa 1950, Fleming seated and smoking a cigarette while signing a book on his knee, signed 'Alexander Fleming' in dark fountain pen ink across a white area of the image between his hands, 20 x 16 cm, corner-mounted, framed and glazed with metal plaque caption for the 1945 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine mounted beneath the photographQty: (1)NOTESAn ink annotation to the verso in an unidentified hand indicates that the autograph was obtained at the Fifth International Congress of Microbiologists at Quitandinha in Brazil, 23 August 1950.
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