Large
and unusual unique Victorian collages, made of cutouts of mid- and early-19th-century
English hand-colored prints. These colorful and charming compositions
variously include cut out blocks from the prints with background scenes
and silhouetted figures and coats of arms and emblems, often accompanied
by text captions. Arrangements in the different rectangular sections
are generally divided by colored paper borders (some apparently with
gold foil) and with repeating anthemia, lobed, and other patterns.
The
subjects by title include: English Soldiers 15th Centuries; An English
Nobleman State Dress 15 th Century; Ralph Neville Earl of Westmoreland;
Military Costumes for the Reign of King Henry VI; Pages and Valets,
Artillery, Cross-bowmen &c.; A Fisherman; King Edgar with an Anglo
Saxon Youth of Distinction; Edward Prince of Aquitain & Wales, and
the Duke of Cornwall.
Condition: Generally very good with
the usual overall toning and wear. Some scattered losses and abrasions
to small sections of decorative borders. Frames with usual wear.
