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![Shepherd: Kings College. c1830. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 8" x 7". [LDNp9843] Distribution of academic prizes.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp9843w.jpg?w=634&h=521&ssl=1)
Distribution of academic prizes.
![Illustrated London News: National Gallery, Trafalgar Square. 20" x 12". [LDNp10197] Illustrated London News: National Gallery, Trafalgar Square. 20" x 12". [LDNp10197]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/LDNp10197w.jpg?w=278&h=239&ssl=1)
![Old & New: Westminster School. c1880. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 6" x 6". [LDNp10261] Old & New: Westminster School. c1880. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 6" x 6". [LDNp10261]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp10261w.jpg?w=278&h=278&crop=1&ssl=1)
![Tallis: Covent Garden Theatre. 1851. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp8738] Tallis: Covent Garden Theatre. 1851. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp8738]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp8738w.jpg?w=275&h=202&ssl=1)
![Dugdale: St Paul's School. 1829. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp10338] Dugdale: St Paul's School. 1829. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp10338]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/LDNp10338w.jpg?w=275&h=203&ssl=1)
![Tallis: University College London. 1851. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 5" x 4". [LDNp10541] View of the Octagon, Quad and North Cloisters.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10541w.jpg?w=637&h=409&ssl=1)
View of the Octagon, Quad and North Cloisters.
![Ackermann: Astley's Ampitheatre.1808. An original colour antique aquatint. 11" x 9". [LDNp1874] View of an equestrian performance at Astley's Amphitheatre:. Former cavalryman Philip Astley is considered the father of the modern circus with his invention of the circus ring at his riding school in 1768.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ldnp1874w.jpg?w=429&h=349&ssl=1)
View of an equestrian performance at Astley’s Amphitheatre:. Former cavalryman Philip Astley is considered the father of the modern circus with his invention of the circus ring at his riding school in 1768.
![Dugdale: National Gallery. 1829. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp11140] National Gallery: View from Trafalgar Square.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LDNp11140w.jpg?w=483&h=349&ssl=1)
National Gallery: View from Trafalgar Square.
![Dore: Covent Garden Opera House. 1872. An original antique wood engraving. 10" x 8". [LDNp10564] Dore: Covent Garden Opera House. 1872. An original antique wood engraving. 10" x 8". [LDNp10564]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10564w.jpg?w=362&h=286&ssl=1)
![Tallis: Crystal Palace, Great Exhibition. 1851. An original hand coloured antique steel engraving. 9" x 6". [LDNp10962] Crystal Palace, Great Exhibition: Panoramic view in Hyde Park.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/LDNp10962w.jpg?w=550&h=286&ssl=1)
Crystal Palace, Great Exhibition: Panoramic view in Hyde Park.
![Illustrated London News: Royal Albert Hall. 1871. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 14" x 10". [LDNp10589] Royal Aber Hall with the Albert Memorial and part of the Royal Horticultural Gardens (now Imperial College).](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10589w.jpg?w=603&h=453&ssl=1)
Royal Aber Hall with the Albert Memorial and part of the Royal Horticultural Gardens (now Imperial College).
![Papworth: Bullock's Museum. 1816. An original colour antique aquatint. 8" x 6". [LDNp11102] Bullock's Museum (Egyptian Hall): View at 22 Piccadilly.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/LDNp11102w.jpg?w=309&h=209&ssl=1)
Bullock’s Museum (Egyptian Hall): View at 22 Piccadilly.
![Harrison: British Museum. 1775. A hand coloured original antique copper engraving. 7" x 5". [LDNp10364] Harrison: British Museum. 1775. A hand coloured original antique copper engraving. 7" x 5". [LDNp10364]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10364w.jpg?w=309&h=240&ssl=1)
![Shepherd: Italian Opera House, Haymarket. 1827. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 6" x 5". [LDNp9999] Shepherd: Italian Opera House, Haymarket. 1827. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 6" x 5". [LDNp9999]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp9999w.jpg?w=282&h=191&ssl=1)
![Illustrated London News: British Museum. 1857. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 10" x 14". [LDNp9967] Illustrated London News: British Museum. 1857. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 10" x 14". [LDNp9967]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp9967w.jpg?w=282&h=308&ssl=1)
![van der Aa: Royal Academy (Burlington House). 1727. A hand coloured original antique copper engraving. 7" x 5". [LDNp11013] Royal Academy (Burlington House): Bird's eye view over Piccadilly.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/LDNp11013w.jpg?w=630&h=503&ssl=1)
Royal Academy (Burlington House): Bird’s eye view over Piccadilly.
![Illustrated London News: Royal Albert Hall. 1867. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 14" x 10". [LDNp10587] Illustrated London News: Royal Albert Hall. 1867. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 14" x 10". [LDNp10587]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10587w.jpg?w=477&h=327&ssl=1)
![Tallis: King's College. 1851. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp10431] Tallis: King's College. 1851. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp10431]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/LDNp10431w.jpg?w=435&h=327&ssl=1)
![Papworth: Drury Lane Theatre. 1816. An original colour antique aquatint. 8" x 6". [LDNp10279] Papworth: Drury Lane Theatre. 1816. An original colour antique aquatint. 8" x 6". [LDNp10279]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp10279w.jpg?w=483&h=305&ssl=1)
![Illustrated London News: Imperial College. 1872. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 9" x 6". [LDNp10675] Royal College of Science, New Science Schools South Kensington.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10675w.jpg?w=429&h=305&ssl=1)
Royal College of Science, New Science Schools South Kensington.
![Illustrated London News: Imperial College. 1884. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 10" x 7". [LDNp10607] Illustrated London News: Imperial College. 1884. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 10" x 7". [LDNp10607]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10607w.jpg?w=652&h=441&ssl=1)
![Old & New: St Paul's School. c1880. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 6" x 4". LDNp9826] Old & New: St Paul's School. c1880. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 6" x 4". LDNp9826]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp9826w.jpg?w=260&h=259&ssl=1)
![Tallis: Sadler's Wells Theatre. 1851. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 6" x 4". [LDNp11143] Sadler's Wells Theatre, Clerkenwell: View over the Round Pond at the head of the New River.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LDNp11143w.jpg?w=260&h=178&ssl=1)
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Clerkenwell: View over the Round Pond at the head of the New River.
![Illustrated London News: Royal Academy. 1858. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 14" x 10". [LDNp9533] Illustrated London News: Royal Academy. 1858. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 14" x 10". [LDNp9533]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp9533w.jpg?w=311&h=219&ssl=1)
![Wilkes: Covent Garden Theatre. 1814. An original hand coloured antique copper engraving. 6" x 4". [LDNp11092] Covent Garden Theatre: View from Bow Street.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/LDNp11092w.jpg?w=311&h=223&ssl=1)
Covent Garden Theatre: View from Bow Street.
![Tallis: Lyceum Theatre. 1851. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp10465] Tallis: Lyceum Theatre. 1851. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp10465]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10465w-copy.jpg?w=601&h=446&ssl=1)
![Illustrated London News: Royal Albert Hall. 1871. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 20" x 14". [LDNp10695] Illustrated London News: Royal Albert Hall. 1871. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 20" x 14". [LDNp10695]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ldnp10695w.jpg?w=239&h=163&ssl=1)
![Papworth: Covent Garden Theatre. 1816. An original colour antique aquatint. 8" x 6". [LDNp10276] Saloon to the Private Boxes.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ldnp10276w.jpg?w=239&h=174&ssl=1)
Saloon to the Private Boxes.
![Stow: British Museum. 1754. An original antique copper engraving. 19" x 14". [LDNp10687] Montagu House. Established in 1753 and based on the collection of Sir Hans Sloane, it opened as museum in 1759.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10687w.jpg?w=239&h=177&ssl=1)
Montagu House. Established in 1753 and based on the collection of Sir Hans Sloane, it opened as museum in 1759.
![Dore: Westminster Abbey. 1872. An original antique wood engraving. 8" x 10". [LDNp10569] Dore: Westminster Abbey. 1872. An original antique wood engraving. 8" x 10". [LDNp10569]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10569w.jpg?w=436&h=522&ssl=1)
![Illustrated London News: Victoria and Albert Museum. 1866. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 14" x 9". [LDNp11213] Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington Museum): View of the inner quadrangle. The museum's name was changed in 1899.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/LDNp11213w.jpg?w=233&h=151&ssl=1)
Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington Museum): View of the inner quadrangle. The museum’s name was changed in 1899.
![Anonymous: Royal Albert Hall. c1890. An original black & white antique photo-lithograph. 10" x 8". [LDNp10610] Anonymous: Royal Albert Hall. c1890. An original black & white antique photo-lithograph. 10" x 8". [LDNp10610]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/LDNp10610w.jpg?w=233&h=196&ssl=1)
![Papworth: British Museum. 1816. An original colour antique aquatint. 8" x 6". [LDNp10288] View of the exterior of Montagu House, the first British Museum.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10288w.jpg?w=233&h=167&ssl=1)
View of the exterior of Montagu House, the first British Museum.
![Baugean: Royal Academy. 1796. An original antique copper engraving. 6" x 6". [LDNp10060] Baugean: Royal Academy. 1796. An original antique copper engraving. 6" x 6". [LDNp10060]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/LDNp10060w.jpg?w=395&h=392&ssl=1)
![Cassell: British Museum. c1880. A hand coloured original antique lithograph. 8" x 5". [LDNp10975] Cassell: British Museum. c1880. A hand coloured original antique lithograph. 8" x 5". [LDNp10975]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/LDNp10975w.jpg?w=517&h=392&ssl=1)
![Cassell & Co.: Imperial College, South Kensington. c1880. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 8" x 5". [LDNp10513] Cassell & Co.: Imperial College, South Kensington. c1880. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 8" x 5". [LDNp10513]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10513w.jpg?w=615&h=437&ssl=1)
![Tallis: Haymarket Theatre. 1851. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp10236] Tallis: Haymarket Theatre. 1851. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp10236]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp10236w.jpg?w=297&h=223&ssl=1)
![Papworth: Royal Academy. 1816. An original colour antique aquatint. 8" x 6". [LDNp10834] (Courtauld Gallery). View of the hall at Somerset House with Apollo Belvedere, the Farnese Hercules and Furietti Centaurs.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10834w-copy.jpg?w=297&h=210&ssl=1)
(Courtauld Gallery). View of the hall at Somerset House with Apollo Belvedere, the Farnese Hercules and Furietti Centaurs.
![Stow: Christ's Hospital. 1755. An original antique copper engraving, 13" x 9". [LDNp7473] Aerial view of the school established by Henry VII at the former Grey Friars Monastery.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/LDNp7473w.jpg?w=332&h=228&ssl=1)
Aerial view of the school established by Henry VII at the former Grey Friars Monastery.
![Illustrated London News: Christ's Hospital. 1893. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 19" x 13". [LDNp9825] Illustrated London News: Christ's Hospital. 1893. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 19" x 13". [LDNp9825]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp9825w.jpg?w=332&h=230&ssl=1)
![Tallis: Great Exhibition. 1851. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 6" x 4". [LDNp11168] Great Exhibition: View of the transept looking south.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/LDNp11168w.jpg?w=580&h=462&ssl=1)
Great Exhibition: View of the transept looking south.
![Nelson: Royal Albert Hall. 1889. An original antique chromolithograph. 5" x 4". [LDNp10729] Nelson: Royal Albert Hall. 1889. An original antique chromolithograph. 5" x 4". [LDNp10729]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/LDNp10729w.jpg?w=487&h=336&ssl=1)
![Illustrated London News:Empire Theatre, Leicester Square. 1884. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 9" x 7". [LDNp11046] Illustrated London News:Empire Theatre, Leicester Square. 1884. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 9" x 7". [LDNp11046]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/LDNp11046w.jpg?w=425&h=336&ssl=1)
![Dugdale: London University. 1829. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp10758] Dugdale: London University. 1829. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 4" x 3". [LDNp10758]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10758w.jpg?w=464&h=335&ssl=1)
![Old & New: Peacock Theatre. c1880. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 6" x 4". [LDNp10257] Old & New: Peacock Theatre. c1880. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 6" x 4". [LDNp10257]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp10257w.jpg?w=448&h=335&ssl=1)
![King: University of London. c1890. An original black & white photo-gravure. 10" x 8". [LDNp10460] King: University of London. c1890. An original black & white photo-gravure. 10" x 8". [LDNp10460]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp10460w.jpg?w=356&h=270&ssl=1)
![Tallis: Italian Opera House. 1851. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 6" x 4". [LDNp10226] Tallis: Italian Opera House. 1851. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 6" x 4". [LDNp10226]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp10226w.jpg?w=356&h=235&ssl=1)
![Charles Reynolds &Co.: Imperial College London. 1895. An original antique sepia chromolithograph. 7" x 5". [LDNp10942] Imperial College London: View on Imperial College Road towards the Queen's Tower.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/LDNp10942w.jpg?w=356&h=256&ssl=1)
Imperial College London: View on Imperial College Road towards the Queen’s Tower.
![Illustrated London News: Westminster School. 1890. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 10" x 13". [LDNp9830] Illustrated London News: Westminster School. 1890. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 10" x 13". [LDNp9830]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp9830w.jpg?w=556&h=769&ssl=1)
![Illustrated London News: St. Paul's School. 1880. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 6" x 9". [LDNp9836] Illustrated London News: St. Paul's School. 1880. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 6" x 9". [LDNp9836]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp9836w.jpg?w=566&h=829&ssl=1)
![Papworth: Bullock's Museum. 1816. An original colour antique aquatint. 8" x 6". [LDNp11101] Bullock's Museum 22 Piccadilly: View of some of the 12,000 specimens on display and later donated to the British Museum.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/LDNp11101w.jpg?w=346&h=242&ssl=1)
Bullock’s Museum 22 Piccadilly: View of some of the 12,000 specimens on display and later donated to the British Museum.
![Old & New: Westminster School. c1880. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 6" x 6".[LDNp10260] View of the Dormitory in 1840.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp10260w.jpg?w=346&h=345&ssl=1)
View of the Dormitory in 1840.
![Shepherd: St. Paul's School. 1828. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 8" x 5". [LDNp9834] Shepherd: St. Paul's School. 1828. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 8" x 5". [LDNp9834]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp9834w.jpg?w=346&h=234&ssl=1)
![Meyer: Crystal Palace, Hyde Park. 1856. A hand coloured original antique steel engraving. 6" x 4". [LDNp10699] Built to house the Great Exhibition in 1851.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ldnp10699w.jpg?w=607&h=468&ssl=1)
Built to house the Great Exhibition in 1851.
![Illustrated London News: Cleopatra. 1906. An original antique chromolithograph. 7" x 14". [LDNp11176] Cleopatra: Constance Collier in Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's Antony and Cleopatra at Haymarket. After Frank Haviland.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/LDNp11176w.jpg?w=305&h=468&ssl=1)
Cleopatra: Constance Collier in Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s Antony and Cleopatra at Haymarket. After Frank Haviland.
![Papworth: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. 1816. An original colour antique aquatint. 8" x 5". [LDNp10965] Papworth: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. 1816. An original colour antique aquatint. 8" x 5". [LDNp10965]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/LDNp10965w.jpg?w=614&h=391&ssl=1)
![Illustrated London News: St Paul's School. c1894. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 20" x 14". [LDNp9824] Illustrated London News: St Paul's School. c1894. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 20" x 14". [LDNp9824]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp9824w.jpg?w=298&h=209&ssl=1)
![Graphic Magazine: Royal Albert Hall. 1871. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 20" x 14". [LDNp10694] Interior panorama of the opening of the Hall by Queen Victoria 29 March 1871.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ldnp10694w.jpg?w=298&h=178&ssl=1)
Interior panorama of the opening of the Hall by Queen Victoria 29 March 1871.
![Papworth: British Museum. 1816. An original colour antique aquatint. 6" x 8". [LDNp10275] Interior of galleries VII and IX of the Townley marbles, the newly acquired great Graeco-Roman collection of Charles Townley.](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LDNp10275w.jpg?w=916&h=1241&ssl=1)
Interior of galleries VII and IX of the Townley marbles, the newly acquired great Graeco-Roman collection of Charles Townley.