Artist: H. Lancaster (British, mid-19th century), after.
Artist: George Baxter. (English, 1804-1867).
Title: River Scene, Holland.
Stamped on backing card l.l. with the title, 'Printed / in oil colours / by / G. Baxter. / The Inventor and / Patentee. / XI. Northampton Square.' and 'Licences granted to work the process.'
Dimensions: Image 3 1/2" x 2 1/2". Backing card 4 3/4" x 7".
Publisher: George Baxter (English, 1804–1867).
Edition: Suttaby's 'Le Souvenir' (1849).
Date: 1847 - 1849.
Materials and Techniques: Baxter process. The impression is pasted onto the backing card.
Mat and Frame: Backing card.
Condition: VG. Fresh colors, no wear. The engraving was stored in the album for such a long time that a part of the paint from the surface was offsetting to the previous page and soaked into it. Some other pages of the album with a similar offsetting were dated May 1851. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: C. T. Courtney Lewis. The Picture Printer of the Nineteenth Century: George Baxter, 1804–1867. Sampson Low, Marston and Company, London, 1911, cat. no. 339, p. 278.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum. Registration number 1901,1105.204.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accession Number: 44.91.837.
Website: georgebaxter.com #339.
Note: There is no name of H. Lancaster in the l.r. of the backing card as described by C. T. Courtney Lewis.