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The Connamara Horse. Gelding, 13½ hands high, from the County of Galway, the property of Mr. John Bindon Scott of Cahircon. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by Mr. Nicholson, R.S.A., from a painting by Mr Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone and Printed by Fairland
Published December, 1840, by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Lithograph with hand-colouring, large margins; printed area approx. 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). Rare.
Plate from Professor David Low's (1786-1859) 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low, professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species. DNB
[Ref: 31940] £320.00
Royal Artillery Barrack's Woolwich. Proof.
Drawn on Stone by Charles H. Fairland, from a Drawing by William Ranwell. Printed by Iefevrre & Kohler, Newman St.
Published by E. Jones, Library-Woolwich. [n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph, scarce. Printed area 320 x 455mm (12½ x 18"). Some repaired holes, creasing.
A parade outside the barracks at Woolwich.
[Ref: 31786] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
St Giles's Church, Cripplegate. To the Rev.d Dr Blomberg D.D. Vicar, This Print is (by Permission) most Respectfully Dedicated, by his oblidged and obedient Servant, Cha.s H. Fairland.
Drawn on Stone by Cha.s H. Fairland from a sketch taken in the Churchyard.
Published by C.H. Fairland, 9 Bridgewater Square, Barbican.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 250 x 265mm (9¾ x 10½").
St Giles-without-Cripplegate (i.e. outside the Cripplegate in the city walls), one of the few medieval churches left in the City of London. St Giles is the patron saint of beggars and cripples.
[Ref: 31365] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Race Horse. Stallion, Vestris, 11 Years old, the Property of Mr. Hutchins of Cregane Castle._by Whalebone, out of Verennes, dam of Albert. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.
Drawn by Mr. Nicholson, R.S.A., from a painting by Mr Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone and Printed by Fairland
Published December, 1840, by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Lithograph with hand-colouring, with large margins; printed area approx. 270 x 350mm (10½ x 13¾"). Rare.
Plate from Professor David Low's (1786-1859) 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low, professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species. DNB
[Ref: 31941] £320.00
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