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POLLARD, After James (1792-1867)
A North East View of the new General Post Office, With the Royal Mails (& Carts) preparing to Start
London: Messrs. Fores, 31 December 1852. Aquatint, coloured by hand, by H. Pyall. Image size (including text): 14 7/8 x 22 7/8 inches. Sheet size: 19 1/2 x 25 1/8 inches.
A fine quality image, a re-issue of a print first published in 1832.
James Pollard was the youngest son of the London engraver and print-seller Robert Pollard. He began work at the age of fifteen as a painter but quickly turned to engraving as well. In the 1820s his coaching scenes became both fashionable and lucrative. From 1821 he exhibited a small number of pictures at the Royal Academy and the British Institution which brought him more patrons. Between 1830 and 1840, Pollard also painted a number of racing pictures and some of the earliest scenes of steeplechasing. In all his work he took great pains over accuracy, this is particularly true of his large scale works, such as the present busy London scene, the people are all individuals going about their daily lives, and the coaches, carts and cabs have all been very carefully observed: a true microcosm of London.
Selway James Pollard p.38
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#5279 $2,750.00 
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