General
General
Object Auto ID
73663
Alternate Codes
159590
Common Name
Engraving
Classified Name
Local Name
Cape Mounted Rifles Officer
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
Three stages of production for an engraving. (i) water-colour; (2) hand-coloured aquatint (iii) engraver's proof. Mounted officer on a horse with front legs raised, in the left another officer and on the right figures in the bush. (ii) and (iii) the image is the same except that the soldiers and the initials of the artist on the right have been removed.
Provenance
Purchased (see Notes)
Description
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Regiments. Cape mounted riflemen. 1848?
Inscriptions
(i) b.r. signed HM in brown paint/ink (ii) No inscription on image. Information in border. b.l. Painted by Hy Martens; b.r. Engraved by J. Harris; t.r No.40 and R Ackermann's Costumes of the British Army numberd No.40 (iii) (iii) No inscription
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Dimension Comments
Unframed in porfolio with other two works in this series; (i) Paper size 292 x 216 mm (ii) Paper size 364 x 265; Plate size 300 x 226 mm. (iii) Paper size 475 x 342 mm; image size 303 x 235 mm
History
History
Object Age Comment
c 1848
Maker Comment
MARTENS, Henry, fl.1828-1854. Harris, J., engr.
Production Place
Collector Comment
Watercolour and engraving on paper
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