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Mail Coach (Primary Title)

After, Jacques-Laurent Agasse, Swiss, 1767–1849 (Artist)

1820 or 1821
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Color-printed and hand-colored etching and aquatint on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN / 1821
European Art
Sheet: 16 11/16 × 20 1/16 in. (42.39 × 50.96 cm)
Plate: 15 1/16 × 17 1/8 in. (38.26 × 43.5 cm)
Image: 11 7/8 × 14 13/16 in. (30.16 × 37.62 cm)
Other (matted): 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 60.96 cm)
85.1372
Not on view
Stamped on verso: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION
Printed beneath image lower left: J.L.A. Printed beneath image lower right: F.C.L. Printed beneath image in center: London, Published October 1. 1820, by J. Watson, 7, Vere Street, Bond Street./ MAIL COACH. Inscribed in graphite on verso lower right: 127.
Paul Mellon Collection
Catching Sight: The World of British Sporting Print, VMFA, August 31, 2013 - July 13, 2014
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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