Crossing the Sands after W. Collins - Hand-Colored Engraving - Radclyffe
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Crossing the Sands after W. Collins - Hand-Colored Engraving - Radclyffe

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Original engraving, hand-colored, Crossing the Sands, cut by William Radclyffe after the painting by William Collins, R.A. A group of fishwives and fishermen crosses the sands at low tide, with a rider and a dog leading the way.

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Original engraving, hand-colored, Crossing the Sands, cut by William Radclyffe after the painting by William Collins, R.A. A group of fishwives and fishermen crosses the sands at low tide, with a rider and a dog leading the way.

It is lettered below "Proof on India Paper": a short-run proof impression printed on China paper, earlier than the ordinary edition. The original painting belonged to Joseph Gillott of Edgbaston, the Birmingham pen-nib maker and one of the great English collectors of his day.

Medium: Copper engraving, proof impression on China paper, hand-colored.
Artist / after: William Collins, R.A.
Engraver: William Radclyffe.
Date: 1860.
Source: The painting in the collection of J. Gillott, of Edgbaston.
Dimensions: Image 6.2 x 9.3 in (15.8 x 23.6 cm).
Condition: Good; light toning of the paper and wide margins.

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