Item 3171River Life in British Columbia, Canada
1880. Wood-engraving. 1880. 300mm by 410mm (sheet). From 'The Graphic' of 1880. Unrelated text on the reverse.
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Item 3862Trophy in Memory of Sir Edwin Landseer
Wood-engraving, 1873. 410mm by 295mm (sheet). Edwin Ward, taxidermist, gathered some of Landseer's hunting spoils to create this trophy and presented it to him in the 1850s. This engraving was published in 'The Graphic' a few weeks after Landseer's death. Unrelated text on the reverse as issued. CONDITION : Faint.....
Item 3595England V Australia - The Scene of the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1882. Wood-engraving. 1882. 215mm by 300mm (image) 280mm by 400mm (sheet). Wood-engraving from ‘The Illustrated Australian News, January 25, 1882’. Related and unrelated text on the reverse. CONDITION : Crease across top left corner, outside the image area. "
Item 2856The Universities' Boat Race : The Oxford and Cambridge Crews
1889. Photogravure. 1889. 265mm by 220mm (image) 400mm by 280mm (sheet). A pair of rowing photogravures from 'The Illustrated London News' depicting the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Crews. Unrelated text below the image and on the reverse. "
Item 298The Australian Cricketers
1878. Wood-engraving. 1878. 275mm by 405mm (sheet). In 1878, an Australian cricket team made the inaugural first-class tour of England by a representative overseas side. Key to portraits below the image. Cricketers portrayed are : Top row from left to right J Blackham, J Horan, GA Bailey, DW Gregory, Mr.....
Item 321Dr Syntax and the Superannuated Fox Hunter
1820. Colour aquatint. 1820. 145mm by 235mm (sheet). Colour aquatint published by Ackermann. Thomas Rowlandson was one of the foremost caricaturists of the Georgian period."
Item 322Dr Syntax at a Card Party
1821. Colour aquatint. 1821. 120mm by 203mm (image). Colour aquatint published by Ackermann. From the Doctor Syntax series. Thomas Rowlandson was one of the foremost caricaturists of the Georgian period."
Item 331The Afghan War Football Match
1879. Wood-engraving. 1879. 270mm by 390mm (sheet). 'The Afghan War Football Match by the Fifty-Ninth Regiment at Khelat-I-Gilzai' Wood-engraving. From 'The Graphic', 1879.Unrelated text on the reverse."
Item 316Hunting
1805. Soft ground etching. 1805. 225mm by 300mm (platemark). Etching from Pyne's series 'Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers, &c. of Great Britain'.
Item 333Stubbs - Shooting
1799. Copper-line engraving with later hand-colouring. 1799. 440mm by 550mm (platemark). 'Shooting _ Plate II', engraving from George Stubb's famous set of four shooting engravings. George Stubbs was an English painter, famous for his paintings of horses and sporting pursuits.William Woollett (1735-85) was an important English 18th century line engraver.Originally.....
Item 277The International Football Match
1872. Wood-engraving. 1872. 225mm by 300mm (image). Wood-engraving from 'The Graphic', a late 19th century illustrated newspaper, Feb 24, 1872. The first England Scotland Association football match of 1872 was played on 24 February at the Kennington Oval, London. England beat Scotland 1-0.Text (unrelated) on the reverse."