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Racing.
[Drawn and etched by W. H. Pyne.]
Pub.d by Pyne & Nattes 1807.
Aquatint with etching, printed in sepia. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"), with very large margins.
Three vignette scenes: weighing the jockey; rubbing down the horse; and a race in progress. From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain'. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate a book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
[Ref: 62523] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn and etched by W. H. Pyne.]
Pub.d by Pyne & Nattes 1807.
Aquatint with etching, printed in sepia. 230 x 295mm (9 x 11½"), with very large margins.
Three vignette scenes: weighing the jockey; rubbing down the horse; and a race in progress. From Pyne's ‘Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain'. William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), the son of a London weaver who became an artist and writer, was commissioned to write and illustrate a book by the publisher, William Miller of Albermarle Street, London. The illustrations are particularly notable as they portray British life on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
[Ref: 62523] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)