Rare Antique Print-A FROST-WINTER-ICE-SKATING-Lane-Hunt-1827

A Frost

line and aquatint etching with plate and hand colouring on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 24 x 30,8 cm. (9,4 x 12,1 inch). Image size: 22,5 x 80 cm. (8,9 x 31,5 inch).

Source unknown, to be determined. Ref: Published by George Hunt in 1827 Provenance: Part of the collection “a Select Collection of Caricatures/Collected & Arranged by Thomas Mc. Lean”, vol I

Made by ‘George Hunt & Theodore Lane’ after ‘Theodore Lane’. Charles and George Hunt, two of the most skilled and prolific engravers of their day, flourished during the boom period of the English Sporting Print (1820-1870).

Condition: Good, given age. Attached to carrier sheet with surrounding linework. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: A FROST-WINTER-ICE-SKATING

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