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The Devonport Mail, Assisted by Six Fresh Post-Horses (Primary Title)
Scenes During the Snow Storm, December 1836 (Series Title)

James Pollard, English, 1792 - 1867 (Artist)

1837
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored lithograph on gray wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 17 5/8 in. (31.43 × 44.77 cm)
Image: 10 1/8 × 15 1/8 in. (25.72 × 38.42 cm)
Other (matted): 19 × 25 in. (48.26 × 63.5 cm)
85.1360.2
Not on view
Printed above image, upper center: "SCENES DURING THE SNOW STORM DECEMBER 1836."; upper right: "Plate 2." Printed beneath image lower left: "Drawn by J. Pollard."; lower right: "on Stone by G. B. Campion."; lower center: "London, Published February 1st. 1837. by Ackermann & Co. 96, Strand./ THE DEVONPORT MAIL, ASSISTED BY SIX FRESH POST-HORSES, CROSSING THE DOWNS NEAR AMESBURY, LEAVING THEIR OWN JADED CATTLE BEHIND." Printed in lower right corner: "Printed by J. Graf". Inscribed in graphite on verso: "7317/ 1 1/4 Black".
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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