Dec 09, 2021 - Sale 2591

Sale 2591 - Lot 400

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(POST RIDERS.) Charles B. Newhouse; and Charles Hunt (engr). The Express Extraordinary. Set of 6 finely hand-colored aquatint plates. Approximately 14 1/4x18 1/2 inches each sheet size; mat stain, foxing, and small margin repairs but with brilliant original hand-coloring. London: G.S. Treger, 1839
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"I remember, one night in the winter of ninety nine, what a run I had for the Honor of Old England".

A stirring illustrated narrative by a determined dispatch boy who overcomes weather, obstacle, and inconvenience to complete an overnight express run of his consequential messages to the Colonel at a far-off King's Arms before day breaks.

Anderson catalog, 1922: "Exceedingly Rare. One of the most unusual and beautiful series of color prints."