Lion and Horse.
[J. Collett Pinx.t. R. Laurie fecit.]
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer & John Bennett, Print & Mapsellers, Nº 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1.st July 1774.
Mezzotint, fine impression; 455 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"). Thread margins, chipped to plate in places, repaired tears into image at top, repaired damage in inscription area.
Pastiche of Stubbs' horse and lion subjects, issued as a companion to Robert Sayers' reprint of Stubbs' 'Lioness and Lion' by George Townley Stubbs. Lennox-Boyd (p.123) supposes that Collett's painting was commissioned by the publisher specifically with a view to being engraved as a pair for the Stubbs print. John Collet (c.1725-80) was a painter and prolific designer of predominantly humorous scenes for publishers to make prints from.
See Lennox-Boyd p.23. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66413] £680.00
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer & John Bennett, Print & Mapsellers, Nº 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1.st July 1774.
Mezzotint, fine impression; 455 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"). Thread margins, chipped to plate in places, repaired tears into image at top, repaired damage in inscription area.
Pastiche of Stubbs' horse and lion subjects, issued as a companion to Robert Sayers' reprint of Stubbs' 'Lioness and Lion' by George Townley Stubbs. Lennox-Boyd (p.123) supposes that Collett's painting was commissioned by the publisher specifically with a view to being engraved as a pair for the Stubbs print. John Collet (c.1725-80) was a painter and prolific designer of predominantly humorous scenes for publishers to make prints from.
See Lennox-Boyd p.23. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66413] £680.00