Mezzotint with stipple. Engraving by Frederick Bacon after painting by EH Wehnert. 61.5x77.1 cm (24¼x30¼"); sheet: 75.3x109 cm (29¾x43"). The British Museum holds a copy of the same dimensions and assigns a date of 1852. "The watercolour was first exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London in 1850 (no.193) as 'Caxton reading the first proof-sheet from his printing press in Westminster Abbey, March 1474'." - British Museum. A magnificent illustration, rare in commerce.
Mezzotint with stipple. Engraving by Frederick Bacon after painting by EH Wehnert. 61.5x77.1 cm (24¼x30¼"); sheet: 75.3x109 cm (29¾x43"). The British Museum holds a copy of the same dimensions and assigns a date of 1852. "The watercolour was first exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London in 1850 (no.193) as 'Caxton reading the first proof-sheet from his printing press in Westminster Abbey, March 1474'." - British Museum. A magnificent illustration, rare in commerce.
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