Print: This is a full uncut sheet, sheet No 5230, showing eight rural and comical life and include:
View from the Cliffs (a family stand on top of the cliffs with one looking through a telescope at the ships) – The Irate Father (The father has obviously caught a young man most probably just talking to his daughter, he is not amused and appears to strike him with a cane thinking his motives are not honourable) – The Crossing Sweeper (A Georgian styled couple give a coin to the crossing sweeper, someone who would have cleared the street so their cloths didn’t get dirty) – The Dog and the Door Knocker (Two children watch as the dog tries to reach the door knocker of a large front door) – The Water Pots (a lady and her daughter stand next to the well filling their water pots, palm trees are in the background and cactus in the front – The Welcome Arrival (A young lady catches the arm of her mother and points to the man just approaching over the stile) - Lady & Bird (An Elizabethan styled lady releases a bird from the window while her greyhound looks on) - Measuring Heights (Two siblings compete – Who is the tallest)
This is part of the well documented ‘New Hall Vault sale’ held at Christie’s in 1987, for full information please see https://www.georgebaxter.com/christie-s-new-hall-vault-sale-1987
Date: 1850’s / 1860’s
Approx. size (cm ht x w): 34 x 47 (Full Sheet)
State: On the full uncut sheet as taken from the printing press including registration holes to help align the colours blocks
Condition: Excellent colours some toning and small nicks to sheet edges, please see images |

