• The Turnpike Gate Coaching Aquatint Henderson J Harris Ackermann 1879 Coloured0
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The Turnpike Gate Coaching Aquatint Henderson J Harris Ackermann 1879 Coloured

The Turnpike Gate Coaching Aquatint Henderson J Harris Ackermann 1879 Coloured

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The Turnpike Gate, a hand-coloured aquatint after Charles Cooper Henderson, engraved by J. Harris and London, Published Jan 1st 1879 by Arthur Ackermann. A night scene: a four-in-hand coach with lamps blazing waits while the gatekeeper, roused from bed, opens the turnpike.

Henderson (1803-1877) was the foremost painter of the coaching age and John Harris (1811-1865) its finest aquatint engraver; the Ackermann firm reissued their most popular plates for the Victorian market.

Presented in a gilt frame with a wide cream mount, behind glass. Overall size approx 74 x 62 cm.

Condition: good colour; please see all photographs, which form part of the description.

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