2 Antique Prints-HORSE-RACEHORSE-JOCKEY-Vernet-1820

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2 Antique prints, titled: 'Cheval Anglais au moment de la Course - La Lilly. Jument Francaise.' - Two prints of racehorses with their jockeys. Colored lithograph on wove paper. Description: Printed by Francois Seraphin Delpech (1778-1825).Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Carle Vernet' after own design. Antoine Charles Horace Vernet aka. Carle Vernet (1758-1835) was a French painter, the youngest child of Claude Joseph Vernet, and the father of Horace Vernet. Born in Bordeaux, Vernet was a pupil of his father and of Nicolas-Bernard Lepicie. Strangely, after winning the grand prix (1782), his father had to recall him back from Rome to France to prevent him from entering a monastery. He was a painter of animals en genre scenes. He specialised in depiction of horses. Vernet worked with lithography and made many prints in this medium. Condition: Very good, given age. Some small, faint stains in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: LJC-B1-26 The overall size is ca. 20.7 x 16.9 inch. The image size is ca. 16.5 x 11.8 inch. The overall size is ca. 52.5 x 43 cm. The image size is ca. 42 x 30 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 57528

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