“Strawberrys, Scarlet Strawberrys!” 🍓 A stipple-engraving by Giovanni Vendramini after Francis Wheatley R.A. (1747–1801), published by Colnaghi & Co., 1795 — part of the celebrated Cries of London series. Wheatley exhibited his idealised vendors at the Royal Academy; 13 of the 14 subjects were engraved (largely under Schiavonetti’s supervision) and issued individually between 1793 and 1797. Printed in warm bistre ink on wove paper, this charming image of a London strawberry seller feels especially timely — as British strawberries take centre stage with Wimbledon fortnight just around the corner. A perfect piece for collectors of 18th-century London life, costume, and the print trade. #summerfruit #RoyalAcademy #AntiquePrints #strawberry #strawberries @royalacademyarts @colnaghi1760 @colnaghifoundation @vamuseum

It's exactly 60 years since England won glory in the 1966 World Cup. Has our time come again? Could this very rare survivor of that golden year be the lucky charm we need? Link in bio! #worldcup #fifaworldcup @fifa @fifaworldcup @dailyexpress @dexpress_sport #rareposter

Looking forward to exhibiting at the @BrightonBookFair this Saturday! We will have a selection of books, photographs, prints and maps, including items of local area interest, such as a complete 1898 set of Charles E. Goad’s famous fire insurance plans for Brighton, comprising the key plan & 9 sheets. The fair takes place 26th October from 10am, at the Brighton Racecourse. @visit.brighton @brightonracecourse @pbfabooks #brightonbookfair #rarebooks

Hoping to bring a little South Coast sunshine from my home town to the London Map Fair this weekend. I look forward to welcoming you at stand 20, on your way to the tea room! #londonmapfair #hastingsandstleonards #stleonardsonsea #hastings #hastingsoldtown #oldmaps #antiquemaps #vintageposter @londonmapfairs @pbfabooks @1066country @sussexexclusive @visit_south_east_england

With #COP27 coming to a reluctant close, we thought it an opportune moment to showcase one of our most recent additions, a cartoon of the first governmental appointee in an environmental role, Peter Walker (1932-2010), Conservative MP for Worcester, appointed Secretary of State for the Environment by Edward Heath in 1970, the first such appointment anywhere in the world. This original pen & ink drawing is by the renowned @TheTimes and @Guardian political caricaturist Richard Willson (1939-2011). Visit roberthall[dot]pictures to see more excellent caricatures by this artist. #caricatures #environmentalism #caricatures #politicalcaricature @cop27_egypt @conservatives @obsnewreview @envagency

A group of cottages in the chilly snow-covered countryside outside the north Norfolk village of Southrepps, near the coastal town of Cromer. One of a selection of oil paintings by my father Christopher Hall RBA RCA, available to buy now on our new @Etsy store (link in bio). #originalart #originalartwork #oilonboard #oilpainting #southrepps #cromer @southreppsvillage @mallgalleries @royalcollegeofart @royal_society_british_artists @visitnorthnorfolk @etsyuk @etsybuyersandsellersuk @etsy.shops

Today celebrating the Curwen Press series of Contemporary Lithographs, via this wonderful fantasy harbour scene by Edward Wadsworth (1889-1949). Wadsworth trained at Bradford and then the Slade, in 1909. He was very much a modernist, taking part in Roger Fry’s Post-Impressionist exhibition of 1913, and Wyndham-Lewis’s Vorticist movement from 1914. After WWI, his artistic path brought him closer to Nicholson, Hepworth, Piper and even surrealism. He had long been drawn to industrial, military and maritime subjects, and this composition for the series was based on an earlier painting with the same title. Visit our website for further Curwen Press lithographs. (Frame, and ancillary ambient examples of an artificially distressed state, not included) #curwenpress #limitededitions #maritime #nautical #harbours #modernprints #lithographs #colourlithographs #christmasgifts #fineprinting #modernart

Another rare #LondonMap we will be bringing to the @PBFAbooks #Bloombury #BookFair this Saturday, here with a bloody great pin pushed in it to show the Fair's (approximate) location*. The map is Cruchley's New Plan of London, 1835. Stand 28, @HolidayInnBloomsbury - 4/12/21 10am-4pm. * NO MAPS WERE REALLY PINNED OR OTHERWISE MUTILATED IN THE MAKING OF THIS POST. Promise. #oldmaps #oldmapsandprints #oldprints #antiquemaps #antiqueprints #raremaps #londonbookfair #christmasbooks #christmasfair #christmasfayre #rarebooks #rarebooksofinstagram @pbfalondonantiquarianbookfair

A close-up of one of the collectible London maps we will be bringing to the @PBFAbooks #BookFair this Saturday; we will have a selection of #LondonMaps, at a wide variety of prices, so if you are a keen cartophile and are in London do come and see us, Stand 28, @HolidayInnBloomsbury - 4/12/21 10am-4pm. #oldmaps #oldmapsandprints #oldprints #antiquemaps #antiqueprints #raremaps #londonbookfair #christmasbooks #christmasfair #christmasfayre #rarebooks #rarebooksofinstagram @pbfalondonantiquarianbookfair

♪♫ I get my stand ready for bang on ten We open the doors, for the bookfair animals... Rare books, prints and maps abound, Maybe if you're around, you'll do some shopping? ...left in the town of Devizes, I probably would...♫♪ (sincerest apologies to @PetShopBoys) Today, Saturday 6th November, I am in the wonderful market town of Devizes, Wilts, for the @PBFAbooks #BookFair. If you're around do come in and see us! Link in bio. #oldmaps #raremaps #oldprints #rareprints #rarebooks #antiquemarket @visitwiltshire #printsagram #caricature #caricatures #devizesbookfair #lefttomyowndevices