Print: This is a full uncut sheet, sheet No 7586, showing twelve rural scenes and country life and include:
The Itinerant Musician (A travelling musician, a one man’s band entertains two children) - Blind Man's Buff - The Washerwoman (two woman are doing the weekly wash using a wooden wash tub?) - The Dog Begging (two harvesters or Gleaners rest and the dog is performing a begging trick) - The Scared Maidens (A woman and her daughter are scared when a bull appears over the hedge) - The Dead Pet (One of the families pet rabbits has died and the child is deeply upset) - The Pet Dogs (two children play with their pet dogs) - Wild Fruits (A family have been picking wild berries and have collected them in a wicker basket) - The Doves (Two ladies are sitting on the ground watching two pigeons or doves) - The Playful Kitten (A lady and her daughter play with two kittens, a baby is in a wicker crib) - A Fierce Goose (a goose, protecting her chicks, chases away the young child) - Picking Hops (Two ladies pick hops while the child plays)
Kronheim never gave them titles, so these were attributed to them when they were first listed in The Baxter Times of the 1920’s and at the same time numbered 193 to 204
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): 35 x 39 (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