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19th Century Charles Lees Hand Colored Golfing Engraving

£120.00
A 19th-century hand-colored engraving on paper titled The Golfers, after a painting by Charles Lees. 119cm W * 89cm H The artwork depicts A Grand Match Played over St Andrews Links, featuring a large assembly of figures in mid-Victorian dress observing a golf match. The composition captures a wide panoramic view of the links with the town of St Andrews visible on the distant horizon. The print is housed behind glass in a wide wood frame with a beaded gilt inner slip and a broad cream-colored mat. A series of inscriptions are printed along the lower margin. The left side reads Painted by Charles Lees, R.S.A., while the center identifies the publication as Edinburgh, 20 December, 1850 Published by Alexander Hill, Printseller to the Queen, 67 Princes Street. The right side is inscribed Engraved by Cha E. Wagstaffe. The reverse is sealed with a modern fiberboard backing, and the word Golfers is written in pencil on the bottom edge of the frame.
A 19th-century hand-colored engraving on paper titled The Golfers, after a painting by Charles Lees. 119cm W * 89cm H The artwork depicts A Grand Match Played over St Andrews Links, featuring a large assembly of figures in mid-Victorian dress observing a golf match. The composition captures a wide panoramic view of the links with the town of St Andrews visible on the distant horizon. The print is housed behind glass in a wide wood frame with a beaded gilt inner slip and a broad cream-colored mat. A series of inscriptions are printed along the lower margin. The left side reads Painted by Charles Lees, R.S.A., while the center identifies the publication as Edinburgh, 20 December, 1850 Published by Alexander Hill, Printseller to the Queen, 67 Princes Street. The right side is inscribed Engraved by Cha E. Wagstaffe. The reverse is sealed with a modern fiberboard backing, and the word Golfers is written in pencil on the bottom edge of the frame.