Beschreibung:

GEORGE BAXTER (1804-1867, printer) -- VALENTINE BARTHOLEMEW (1799-1879). The Gardener's Shed . London: George Baxter [n.d.], image area: 380 x 274mm., mounted coloured Baxter-print, blindstamp title on mount; Hollyhocks . London: George Baxter [n.d.], image area: 378 x 270mm., mounted coloured Baxter-print, blind-stamp title on mount. The two prints uniformly window-mounted, framed and glazed. A FINE PAIR OF THE MOST DECORATIVE OF ALL GEORGE BAXTER'S TECHNICALLY STUNNING PRINTS. The flower painter, Valentine Bartholomew was a member of the old Water Colour Society from 1835 until his death in 1879. He was for many years flower painter in ordinary to the Duchess of Kent and later to Queen Victoria. George Baxter obtained his patent on 23 October 1835 for "reproducing paintings in colour by means of printing by letterpress in oil inks from a succession of wood or metal relief blocks on a key printed either from a copper or steel plate or lithographic stone or zinc plate." (R.McLean. Victorian Book Design & Colour Printing 1972, p.37). (2)