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New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. 1 vols. Image size of the prints is approximately 10 x 8 inches with approx. one-inch margins. Fine bright coloring. 1 vols. Image size of the prints is approximately 10 x 8 inches with approx. one-inch margins. "Fathers of America Sport" - Derrydale Colorist's Models. An extremely handsome and decorative set of American sporting notables. The six portraits, each set in an appropriate background, are of: SAMUEL MORRIS, ESQ., Foxhunter, first president of the Gloucester Foxhunting Club, America's oldest; COL. WILLIAM RANSOM JOHNSON, "Napoleon of the Turf"; COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Foxhunter; COMMODORE JOHN COX STEVENS, Yachtsman, owner of the "America" and a founder of the New York Yacht Club; THADDEUS NORRIS, ESQ., Angler, author of The American Angler's Book, who did much to elevate and advance the art of fly fishing; HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT, ESQ., "Frank Forester", the father of American sporting literature. Boyer's watercolors for the series, done in larger…
Read More FATHERS OF AMERICAN SPORT" The complete set of six hand-colored aquatint portraits, with engraved titles, each signed in pencil "R.L. Boyer", lower left by Boyer, Ralph L - 1931
by Boyer, Ralph L
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FATHERS OF AMERICAN SPORT" The complete set of six hand-colored aquatint portraits, with engraved titles, each signed in pencil "R.L. Boyer", lower left
by Boyer, Ralph L
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New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. First (and only) edition, limited to 250 proofs only. Image size is approximately 10 x 8 inches, the plate measuring 13 x 9 1/2 inches, with additional margins. 1 vols. Fine condition. Two plates (Washington and Morris) matted and framed. First (and only) edition, limited to 250 proofs only. Image size is approximately 10 x 8 inches, the plate measuring 13 x 9 1/2 inches, with additional margins. 1 vols. An extremely handsome and decorative set of American sporting notables. The six portraits, each set in an appropriate background, are of:
SAMUEL MORRIS, ESQ., Foxhunter, first president of the Gloucester Foxhunting Club, America's oldest;
COL. WILLIAM RANSOM JOHNSON, "Napoleon of the Turf";
COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Foxhunter;
COMMODORE JOHN COX STEVENS, Yachtsman, owner of the "America" and a founder of the New York Yacht Club;
THADDEUS NORRIS, ESQ., Angler, author of The American Angler's Book, who did much to elevate and advance the art of fly fishing;
HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT, ESQ., "Frank Forester", the father of American sporting literature.
A SUPERB SET OF ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE OF THE DERRYDALE PRESS SPORTING PRINTS SERIES. Ordeman, The Aquatints, Drypoints and Etchings of The Derrydale Press, p. 24-5, et seq
SAMUEL MORRIS, ESQ., Foxhunter, first president of the Gloucester Foxhunting Club, America's oldest;
COL. WILLIAM RANSOM JOHNSON, "Napoleon of the Turf";
COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Foxhunter;
COMMODORE JOHN COX STEVENS, Yachtsman, owner of the "America" and a founder of the New York Yacht Club;
THADDEUS NORRIS, ESQ., Angler, author of The American Angler's Book, who did much to elevate and advance the art of fly fishing;
HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT, ESQ., "Frank Forester", the father of American sporting literature.
A SUPERB SET OF ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE OF THE DERRYDALE PRESS SPORTING PRINTS SERIES. Ordeman, The Aquatints, Drypoints and Etchings of The Derrydale Press, p. 24-5, et seq
- Bookseller James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Format/Binding Image size is approximately 10 x 8 inches, the plate measuring 13 x 9 1/2 inches, with additional margins. 1 vols
- Book Condition Used - Fine condition. Two plates (Washington and Morris) matted and framed
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First (and only) edition, limited to 250 proofs only
- Publisher The Derrydale Press
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1931
- Keywords Sports & Games | American
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FATHERS OF AMERICAN SPORT". Complete set of Six Colorist's Models, with what is evidently the artist's modelling and coloring, comprising five PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS, each titled in pencil beneath the image and denoted "model," and the sixth image with printed caption and pencilled notation "model
by Boyer, Ralph L
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