Edwin Henry Hunt (artist, engraver)
Manager and Sea Pilot
George Rees, N5 Strand, London: March 1884
Aquatint
16.5 x 21 inches, plate mark
21.5 x 25.25 inches, overall
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Portrait of Racing Greyhounds, Manager and Sea Pilot
After Edwin Henry Hunt, London: 1844
After Edwin Henry Hunt, London: 1844
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Portrait of two champion racing greyhounds standing facing in opposite directions in a field of short grass. The composition emphasizes their gracefully curving forms and powerful musculature. Aquatint printed in tones of grey and blue.
The caption in the lower margin reads: "Dividers of the Kempson Park Great Champion Stakes, 1884, Value, £1400. Manager is by Misterton, out of devotion, the property of Mr. Miller. Sea Pilot is by Hadde, out of sea beauty, the property of Mr. T. Stone."
George Rees was a printseller in business from at least 1884 to 1904.
Reference:
Kelly's Directory of Stationers, Printers, Booksellers, Publishers, Paper Makers, &c., of England, Scotland and Wales, and the Principal Towns in Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man. 9th Ed. London: Kelly's Directories, 1904. p. 659.