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Does anyone know any detail about this artist - I believe he came over from Cork Ireland in about 1840, exhibited 31 times at the British Institute between 1841 - 1869 but would he have been a well known a reputed artist by 1851 OR could he have been employed by Baxter about that time to paint views

There is a court case - Le Blond & Co Ltd v Davis (1894) being the Ltd Co formed by Abraham Le Blond and others in 1881 against Charles Davis who I believe was ALB's executor, does any one have any access to these old records?

This company was incorporated in 1880 /81. to take over the business of Le Blond & Co. I know the Directors names and addresses but nothing more, can anyone offer any more information, including its demise.

Baxter was apprenticed to S Williams in the 1820's. We known that SW was a well respected wood engraver in the style of Bewick (using hard woods and finer tools, as used for engraving of steel plates to create much superior work). We have a number of books with early wood engravings by Baxter which

Has anyone got a copy of this book, if so I would love to hear from you. It purportedly has engravings by George Baxter which are sometimes marked Baxter Sc

Can anyone give any information regarding prints by this person, they are normally on card mounts with title and then David Davidson and address below. We know that David Davidson was a publisher in New York in the 1850's but it his 'experiments' in colour printing that we are most interested to hea

Cornellius Rahmn was a missionary for the London Missionary Society in the early 1800's. He appears to have worked in his native Sweden, Siberia (with the Rev Edward Stallybrass) before being recalled to London in 1826 to work in the Foreign department of the Society finishing working for them abou

I have come across a book No Art without Craft the Life of Theodore Low De Vinne by Irene Tichenor. It refers to a contract made between De Vinne and Hart (Francis Hart & Co (?)) and J M Kronheim in 1866 to purchase  Kronheim's plant and rights to use his invention. The contract was cancelled by mut

Can anyone help identify this print? A friend of GeorgeBaxter.com has four colour wood blocks for this print. From his own presses he produced this print. The colours are slightly guess-work, the red flower could easily be yellow instead of red etc. This is obviously the work of a Victorian colo

Robert Le Blond was the Brother of Abraham Le Blond. Together they were in partnership as printers Le Blond & Co (Baxter licencees) from about 1840. The partnership was dissolved 15th May 1856 and the same year Robert emigrated to America. He had the distribution rights to Le Blond & Co prints which

In 1895 after Abraham Le Blond's death there was an administration order issued relating to a case heard in the High Court of Justice Chancery Division concerning his estate - there is a reference number 6200/386n - does anyone have access to find what this is about. I believe a copy is held at Surr

This original painting of Baxter’s Circassion Lady at the Bath– Baxter states that it was painted by Wingael, but who was Wingael? I can’t find any info the painter, can anyone help

In May 1860, due to financial problems,  Baxter's plant, equipment, plates and blocks were put up for auction by Southgate and Barrett.  They were not sold and Baxter carried on in business republising his works 'at vastly reduced prices'. On his retirement in 1865? again all his equipment and prin

Does anyone have a copy of this book or access to it. Contemporary adverts state that this book contains 25 engravings from Drawings by J M W Turner, H Melville and George Baxter. There is no record of this book or what prints or wood engravings by Baxter, if any, are included, can anyone help

Harrison Weir born in Lewes in 1824 and  became a well known animal painter during the 1800's. When he was 13 he was apprenticed to George Baxter in London. As GB had been away from Lewes some 9-10 years before this local lad from his home town came to join him we must presume that GB's father, who

Frederick W Seeley wrote extensively in the early years of the 20th century in the Baxter Times about the production of Baxter Prints. He had first hand experience being, at one time, the manager at J M Kronheim and at the time of writing the articles was the Manager at Norbury Natzio who took over

Can anyone help confirm the connection: In 1857 Joseph Martin Kronheim, Baxter Licencee trading under the name JM Kronheim & Co sold his London business and moved back to his native Germany and then at some time after went to to America and, according to Baxter researcher of the 1920’s  C L Courtney