A Set of 4 Oak Framed Edwardian Period Fishing Prints

Name: A Set of 4 Oak Framed Edwardian Period Fishing Prints
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA211837
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Christian Davies Antiques Ltd

Description

A set of 4 oak framed Edwardian Period fishing prints by Lance Thackeray. A charming and humorous set of prints depicting fishing scenes. Each with the same theme "The Catch Of the Day" at the top of each frame, with titles at the bottom of "CAST", "HUNG UP", "NIBBLE" and "LANDED". All in solid oak frames circa 1900-1910

Dimensions: Frames 16" high x 20" wide Paintings 10" high x 14.5" wide

Lance Thackeray (1869 - 1916) was an English illustrator, known especially for his comic sporting illustrations involving billiards and golf and for his many humorous postcards.

He was born in Darlington to Thomas Thackeray and Selina Neish. He was a founding member of the London Sketch Club. When he was over 30 he spent some winters in Egypt and produced humorous sketches which he collected in The Light Side of Egypt (1908). Thackeray drew the designs for over 950 postcard prints, mostly comic, and made a great number of illustrations for the humorous Press in England. At the beginning of World War I, despite being over 40, he volunteered for the Artists Rifles. He died in Brighton after a long illness.

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Declaration

Christian Davies Antiques Ltd has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

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SA211837

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Description

A set of 4 oak framed Edwardian Period fishing prints by Lance Thackeray. A charming and humorous set of prints depicting fishing scenes.

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Each with the same theme "The Catch Of the Day" at the top of each frame, with titles at the bottom of "CAST", "HUNG UP", "NIBBLE" and "LANDED".

Christian Davies Antiques Ltd

All in solid oak frames circa 1900-1910

fig 1. A Set Of 4 Oak Framed Edwardian Period Fishing Prints — fig 1. A Set of 4 Oak Framed Edwardian Period Fishing Prints

Dimensions: Frames 16" high x 20" wide Paintings 10" high x 14.5" wide

Lance Thackeray (1869 - 1916) was an English illustrator, known especially for his comic sporting illustrations involving billiards and golf and for his many humorous postcards.

fig 2. A Set Of 4 Oak Framed Edwardian Period Fishing Prints — fig 2. A Set of 4 Oak Framed Edwardian Period Fishing Prints

He was born in Darlington to Thomas Thackeray and Selina Neish. He was a founding member of the London Sketch Club. When he was over 30 he spent some winters in Egypt and produced humorous sketches which he collected in The Light Side of Egypt (1908). Thackeray drew the designs for over 950 postcard prints, mostly comic, and made a great number of illustrations for the humorous Press in England. At the beginning of World War I, despite being over 40, he volunteered for the Artists Rifles. He died in Brighton after a long illness.

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Date of Manufacture

Christian Davies Antiques Ltd has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA211837

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Christian Davies Antiques Ltd

Sellingantiques verified Since Jun 2009

Quality furniture particularly from the late victorian and edwardian period.

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