Artist: George Baxter. (English, 1804-1867).
Title: Views of the Metropolis.
Titled and Signed by the publisher at the bottom of the sheet: Printed by Bradshaw & Blacklock, Licensees, Manchester, by Baxter Patent Process. In the center of the sheet is a miniature of The Great Exhibition. Around the central miniature are eight signed views of London.
Dimensions: Image 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Backing card & 1/8" x 8 3/4".
Publisher: Bradshaw & Blacklock, Licensees, Manchester.
Date: 1851-1853.
Materials and Techniques: Baxter-process print pasted on a card.
Mat and Frame: Impression mounted on wove paper, gold line typography backing card.
Condition: Fresh colors, no wear. The engraving was stored in the album for so long that a part of the paint from the surface was offsetting to the previous page and soaked into it. Some other pages of the album with a similar offsetting were dated May 1851. Old note in pencil in the u.r. corner of the album's sheet. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: C. T. Courtney Lewis. George Baxter, the picture printer. London, 1924. No. 293. P. 444.
Note: Rare.