Baxter Print Going to Church Framed and Mounted

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The picture is called Going to Church. Nicely mounted and framed in a gilt frame. A bit about George Baxter - 1806-1867 invented a process of using several blocks of colour printing. His results he termed oil pictures. They exhibit a great delicacy of finish and are brilliant in colour. He published them about 1850 with prices varying from two shillings (15 cents) down to sixpence (3.5 cents) per print. They came at a period when albums and books of gems were the necessary appurtenances of the Drawing Room table. To quote his own words in an advertisement, No ladys Scrap Book can be perfect, without a series of these prints They are mostly small in size some three inches by four inches in area. This particular picture itself measures 6 inches (15 cm) in height, and 4 1/5 inches (10 1/2 cm) in width. Frame total measures 11 1/4 inches (29 cm) in height, and 9 1/3 inches (24 cm) in width. Weighs unpackaged 575 grammes.

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