Antique Horse Color Lithographs London 1840 Francis Nicholson
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Directory: Fine Art: Prints: Lithographs: Pre 1900: Item # 1389967
Directory: Fine Art: Prints: Lithographs: Pre 1900: Item # 1389967
Please refer to our stock # 871 when inquiring.
$2,200.00
Pair of original hand colored horse lithographs from "Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals
London, 1840" . Drawn by Mr. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a painting by Mr. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on stone & printed by Fairland. Published by Longman, Orme, Brown , Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London 1840. Presented framed and matted in quality vintage burl wood frames. Measuring 12.5 x 17 inches, matte window 10" x 13" overall framed size 18" x 24"
Low was a professor of agriculture at Edinburgh University who also set up an agricultural museum in Edinburgh with the assistance of a grant from Earl Spencer. William Shiels, member of the Royal Scottish Academy, was commissioned to produce a series of paintings of all the significant breeds then of economic significance in Great Britain. These paintings were then used as the basis for the present work with the addition of Low's text. Shiels' work is appreciated today for its faithfulness to the actual appearance of the animals, as opposed to idealized versions meant to please their owners, which were common at the time. William Nicholson, also a Royal Scottish Academy member, made the drawings after Shiels' paintings to convert them to prints.
