Author: BROWNE, Hablot K.; PHIZ
Title: How Pippins Enjoyed the Day with Fox-Hounds
Description: London: Messrs. Fores, 1863. Twelve Amusing Hand Colored Lithograph Plates [BROWNE, H.K.]. PHIZ. How Pippins Enjoyed the Day with Fox-Hounds. London: Messrs. Fores, 1863. First edition. Oblong folio (14 5/8 x 21 1/4 in; 372 x 484 mm). Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates, each dated January 19, 1863. Printed by M. & N. Hanhart. Publisher's original binding in half calf over printed boards, rebacked and rehinged. Boards rubbed with repaired vertical crack to upper board. Occasional mild soiling to margins. Otherwise an excellent copy of a book rarely found in any condition at all. OCLC notes only two copies in libraries worldwide, at Detroit Public Library and London Library. "While illustrations to Dickens are the principal work by 'Phiz', there also exists a considerable number of his coloured illustrations for books. The plates for Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds have already been mentioned, and the best of his coloured work was of a sporting nature. How Pippins enjoyed a Day with the Fox Hounds, A Run with the Stag Hounds, and Hunting Hints (1862), are sets of twelve hand-coloured etchings, vigorous and spirited" (Hardie, p. 219). Renowned for his illustrations for novels by Charles Dickens, Hablot Knight Browne [pseud. Phiz] (1815–1882) "remained prodigiously productive throughout the 1840s and 1850s, his greatest decades.. His output was enormous - about 3660 images over his lifetime - and Phiz became a household familiar.. From 1859 to 1867 he issued around 440 more images, but changes in the visual tastes of readers, in reproductive techniques for book illustration, and in the kind of books publishers issued (more cheap, un-illustrated fiction) all worked against Browne's talent.. He also indulged his love for drawing horses in sporting journals such as the New Sporting Magazine, the Great Gun, and the Sporting Times.. Browne's brilliance as an illustrator did not satisfy him. He never shed the idea that he was first and foremost a fine artist" (Oxford Online DNB). The Plates: 1. Going to the Meet (Enough to Make Any Horse Shy! - Pippin Ungallantly Thinks). 2. The Meet. Pippins Congratulated on His Sportsmanlike Appearance. 3. The Cover Side. Cover After Cover Drawn Blank - Cutting Wind and Rain - So Nice! 4. At Last, A Find! - Pippins' Horse is Delighted. 5. Pippins' Horse Carries Him Almost Too Well - Through Everything! 6. A Cropper - Pippins Trying For the Lead, Comes to Grief. 7. Pippins on the Wrong Side of the Hedge, Crys Out, "My Horse, My Horse" &c. 8. Pippins Doing Another Fall, This Time Picks Out a Soft Place. 9. He Takes a Wash After It - A Perfect Refresher! 10. "Speed the Plough" - Indeed! - Dash the Plough! Says Pippins. 11. Though Man & Horse Are Considerably Baked - Pippins Gets a Nice View of the Finish. 12. Pippins Tramps Home With a Friend, Having Enjoyed Himself Immensely. Bobins IV, 1394; Martin Hardie p. 219; Schwerdt I, p. 84. Not in Tooley, or Siltzer. .
Keywords: PHIZ Caricatures Hunting Sports Dogs
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Title: How Pippins Enjoyed the Day with Fox-Hounds
Description: London: Messrs. Fores, 1863. Twelve Amusing Hand Colored Lithograph Plates [BROWNE, H.K.]. PHIZ. How Pippins Enjoyed the Day with Fox-Hounds. London: Messrs. Fores, 1863. First edition. Oblong folio (14 5/8 x 21 1/4 in; 372 x 484 mm). Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates, each dated January 19, 1863. Printed by M. & N. Hanhart. Publisher's original binding in half calf over printed boards, rebacked and rehinged. Boards rubbed with repaired vertical crack to upper board. Occasional mild soiling to margins. Otherwise an excellent copy of a book rarely found in any condition at all. OCLC notes only two copies in libraries worldwide, at Detroit Public Library and London Library. "While illustrations to Dickens are the principal work by 'Phiz', there also exists a considerable number of his coloured illustrations for books. The plates for Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds have already been mentioned, and the best of his coloured work was of a sporting nature. How Pippins enjoyed a Day with the Fox Hounds, A Run with the Stag Hounds, and Hunting Hints (1862), are sets of twelve hand-coloured etchings, vigorous and spirited" (Hardie, p. 219). Renowned for his illustrations for novels by Charles Dickens, Hablot Knight Browne [pseud. Phiz] (1815–1882) "remained prodigiously productive throughout the 1840s and 1850s, his greatest decades.. His output was enormous - about 3660 images over his lifetime - and Phiz became a household familiar.. From 1859 to 1867 he issued around 440 more images, but changes in the visual tastes of readers, in reproductive techniques for book illustration, and in the kind of books publishers issued (more cheap, un-illustrated fiction) all worked against Browne's talent.. He also indulged his love for drawing horses in sporting journals such as the New Sporting Magazine, the Great Gun, and the Sporting Times.. Browne's brilliance as an illustrator did not satisfy him. He never shed the idea that he was first and foremost a fine artist" (Oxford Online DNB). The Plates: 1. Going to the Meet (Enough to Make Any Horse Shy! - Pippin Ungallantly Thinks). 2. The Meet. Pippins Congratulated on His Sportsmanlike Appearance. 3. The Cover Side. Cover After Cover Drawn Blank - Cutting Wind and Rain - So Nice! 4. At Last, A Find! - Pippins' Horse is Delighted. 5. Pippins' Horse Carries Him Almost Too Well - Through Everything! 6. A Cropper - Pippins Trying For the Lead, Comes to Grief. 7. Pippins on the Wrong Side of the Hedge, Crys Out, "My Horse, My Horse" &c. 8. Pippins Doing Another Fall, This Time Picks Out a Soft Place. 9. He Takes a Wash After It - A Perfect Refresher! 10. "Speed the Plough" - Indeed! - Dash the Plough! Says Pippins. 11. Though Man & Horse Are Considerably Baked - Pippins Gets a Nice View of the Finish. 12. Pippins Tramps Home With a Friend, Having Enjoyed Himself Immensely. Bobins IV, 1394; Martin Hardie p. 219; Schwerdt I, p. 84. Not in Tooley, or Siltzer. .
Keywords: PHIZ Caricatures Hunting Sports Dogs
Price: US$ 3500.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 05817
- Book number: 05817
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