Original 18 inch x 26 inch Engraving
COAXING IS BETTER THEN SCRATCHING
£99.50
Original 18 inch x 26 inch Engraving titled COAXING IS BETTER THEN SCRATCHING.
From a painting by Charles Burton Barber (1845–1894). An English painter who attained great success with his paintings of children and their pets. During his lifetime he was regarded as one of Britain’s finest animal painters and received commissions from Queen Victoria to do paintings of her with grandchildren and dogs.
Printed by Riddle & Couchman, 22 Southwark Bridge Road, SE, London
From The Illustrated London News Summer, 1885
The engraving is in good condition with with one vertical fold and one horizontal fold, a 2 1/2 inch tear at the right edge which has been repaired from the reverse with archival tape. 3 other shorter tears have also been repaired from the reverse.
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