Arab Pony Charger chromolithograph after Charles Luytens painting. c1874.

by Lutyens, Charles

Fine cavalry horse of General Sir Hope Grant, G.C.B., from the 1859 Indian Mutiny and 1860 Chinese Campaign.

Original colour-printed lithograph by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, after an 1847 oil painting by Charles H. Lutyens (1829-1915), for Samuel Sidney’s The Book of the Horse printed by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co of London, Paris and New York c.1874.

At the end of the 19th century, the quality of chromolithographic illustrations was exceptional. Colour-printed lithographs for Cassells Book of the Horse were often finished with hand-colour and highlighting. They are some of the finest illustrations that have ever been printed of horses.

Image measures approximately 17 x 22cm (6 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches). Page size is 21 x 27cm (8 ¼ x 10 5/8 inches). In very good condition, except for two fine extremity tears at the left, reinforced by conservation repair tape. They would not show when framed.