The print shows a young child playing the old schoolboy ‘trick’
of using a magnifying glass to burn the hand of an unsuspecting friend. The
little girl crying outside of the cottage door seems to have already fallen prey
to the boys ‘fun’
The print is signed at the bottom ‘Le Blond & Co London and
LA Elliot Boston US’ (USA).
Over mounted to expose the print and the embossed title and
serial number. Frame size is approx. 29.5 x 27 cm.
Modern wood frame with a couple of rubs and marks
Please see images for condition etc
At the time of writing I have available a full set of 32 different oval prints by Le Blond, varying conditions, some with the embossed title, some not. Some framed, some not, many in duplicate. If you are looking for a different one from the set, please message me and I can list a copy for you to look at.
George Baxter was the first person to 'invent' commercial colour printing with the frontispieces in Robert Mudie's Feathered Tribes of the British Isles published in 1834. By 1835 Baxter had added an engraved steel ?key? plate to allow much more detail and then patented his method of printing. In 1849 Le Blond & co was the first printers to purchase a licence from Baxter to use his process.
They produced a number of colour works of art using Baxter process and by 1852 they had commenced their series of oval prints, many after Anthony John Puller. The series was completed most probably by the late 1860's and the whole series was printed until the 1870's when they most probably ceased. The series amounts to 32 oval prints in total and over the years have become highly collectable.