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2 VICTORIAN ENGRAVED PRINTS, ROYAL PARKS OF LONDON
Estimate:
$300 - $400
Sold
$20
Live Auction
Gentleman's Library Auction, 111419
Description
Two color prints depicting scenes of royal parks in London: I. SUNDAY MORNING IN KENSINGTON GARDENS, AFTER THE SERVICE AT CHRISTS CHURCH, LANCASTER GATE, DRAWN BY ARTHUR HOPKINS, Victorians at leisure in Kensington, which was regarded as trendy because of its private nature. Dimensions: 30W x 24L framed; II. IN THE ROW, HYDE PARK, depicting Hyde Park's Rotten Row, a fashionable place for upper class Victorians to be seen riding. Richard Caton Woodville Jr. (1856-1927) was one of the most prolific battle scene painters of the late 19th and early 20th-centuries. Dimensions: 31W x 24L framed
Two color prints, produced for The Illustrated London news, depicting scenes of royal parks in London: I. SUNDAY MORNING IN KENSINGTON GARDENS, AFTER THE SERVICE AT CHRISTS CHURCH, LANCASTER GATE, DRAWN BY ARTHUR HOPKINS, depicting Victorians at their leisure in the royal park. Kensington was long regarded as smart because of its private nature but Victorians considered Hyde Park to be more fashionable. Dimensions: 30W x 24L framed. II. IN THE ROW, HYDE PARK, depicting Hyde Park's Rotten Row, a fashionable place for upper thru class Victorians to be seen horse riding. Richard Caton Woodville Jr. (1856-1927), was best known as one of the most prolific painters of battle scenes of the late 19th and early 20th-centuries. Dimensions: 31W x 24L framed

Issued: ca. 1880
Dimensions: See descriptions
Condition
Some wear to frames. Not examined out of frames