Antique Print-HOLLY-CART-WINTER-Leighton-Duncan-1856

Medium: Wood-engraving and chromolithograph on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 32.2 x 21.8 cm (12.68 x 8.58 inch). Image size: 32.2 x 21.8 cm. (12.68 x 8.58 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

EDWARD DUNCAN, ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, HOLLY, CHRISTMAS, CART, DONKEY, CHROMOLITHOGRAPH, VICTORIAN PRINT, WINTER FOREST, LEIGHTON BROTHERS | PCO-E30-43

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Illustrated London News, December 20, 1856.

Reference: British Museum registration no. 1918,1010.131.

Biography engraver: George C. Leighton (1826-1895) led one of the most successful British chromolithographic firms of the mid-19th century. The Leighton Brothers were closely associated with the Illustrated London News.

Biography artist: Edward Duncan (1803-1882) was a British marine and landscape painter and illustrator, member of the Royal Society of Watercolours. He was known for delicate rural and coastal subjects.