Coaching Prints

Traditional Prints-Coaching: Bertol Canmer Limited - Small Pictures: Prints & Cards

“The Blenheim Leaving the Star Hotel, Oxford.”
TP604 - From the original coloured aquatint Painted by G. Havell.
Engraved by F. J. Havell. 218x130mm
Size Category A - Price £8.00

“Half Way (Leeds Coach).”
TP605 - From the original coloured aquatint
Painted and engraved by C. C. Henderson. 1837. 208x145mm
Size Category A - Price £8.00

“North Country Mails at The Peacock, Islington.”
TP606 - From the original coloured aquatint Painted by James Pollard.
Engraved by T. Sutherland. 1823. 218x130mm
Size Category A - Price £8.00

“The Opposition Coaches.”
TP607 - From the original coloured aquatint Painted and engraved
by C. C. Henderson. 1837. 210x145mm
Size Category A - Price £8.00

“The Royal Mails Starting from The General Post Office, London.”
TP608 - From the original coloured aquatint Painted by James Pollard
Engraved by R. G. Reeves. 1830. 223x145mm
Size Category A - Price £8.00

“Stage - Coach.”
TP609 - From the original coloured aquatint by S. E. Jones.
Engraved by Geo. Hunt. 1827. 197x154mm
Size Category A - Price £8.00

“Under Weigh Without a Pilot.”
TP610 - From the original coloured aquatint Painted by C. B. Newhouse.
Engraved by J. Haris. 1836. 217x145mm
Size Category A - Price £8.00

Aquatints
Aquatints are so called because they were considered to have qualities that resembled watercolours.
The aquatint is an extension of the etching process whereby an etched line is produced by scratching through a layer of wax on a metal printing plate with a scriber. The plate is then immersed in an acid bath and the exposed metal is eroded to produce grooves that can be printed using the intaglio method. (See 19th Century Engravings)
In an aquatint a "ground" is laid which has a granular surface. When exposed to the acid this produces a regular tone of grey. This can be graduated by the application of the ground, or by further etching. Combinations of aquatint and engraving with careful hand colouring produce some of the most vivid depictions of 19th Century life.