Fores"s Steeple Chase Scenes
John Harris (London 1791 - London 1873)
Lot-No. 220
1848, six handcoloured aquatints in colours, 26,5 x 37 cm, framed under glass, min. foxing, uninspected out of frame. - After paintings of Henry Thomas Alken. - English portrait painter, graphic artist a. draughtsman, probably trained by his father of the same name with whom he exhibited at the Royal Academy since 1810, in 1811 he met H. Füssli a. started studying at the London academy, worked for the British Museum a. continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy a. at the British Institution. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker.
John Harris: Fores"s Steeple Chase Scenes
John Harris (London 1791 - London 1873)
Fores"s Steeple Chase Scenes
Lot-No. 220
1848, six handcoloured aquatints in colours, 26,5 x 37 cm, framed under glass, min. foxing, uninspected out of frame. - After paintings of Henry Thomas Alken. - English portrait painter, graphic artist a. draughtsman, probably trained by his father of the same name with whom he exhibited at the Royal Academy since 1810, in 1811 he met H. Füssli a. started studying at the London academy, worked for the British Museum a. continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy a. at the British Institution. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker.