Waltham Paper Boy c1860s
In front of a poster advertising Emigration to Australia to join the Royal Regiment
Watercolour
31.8 x 24.5 cm
Signed with initials W. H. and Waltham, Tuesday
and inscribed on the poster
Militia, The Royal Regt., Emigration to Australia,
The Eastern Clipper ships, Ocean waves
Label on reverse G. W. Bullock & Son, Picture Frame manufacturers, Manchester
Provenance: Private collection, U.K. until 1980; John & Edward Barkes
Drawn on Whatmans paper, watermarked J. Whatman, Turkey Mill
W. H. Baxter exhibited four paintings at the Nottingham Museum and Art Gallery between 1884 and 1886. There is also a watercolour by him dated 1885 of St. Lawrences, Gotham, England
19th Century English artist
Item #5047
Price: $2,800.00