{"product_id":"antique-blackie-son-hand-colored-engraving-wolves-dogs-plate-40-victorian","title":"Antique Blackie \u0026 Son Hand-Colored Engraving, Wolves and Dogs","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003ePlate 40, Blackie \u0026amp; Son Hand-Colored Engraving, Wolves and Dogs, Ca. 1850\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Publisher | Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh and London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Plate | Plate 40\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Subjects | European Wolf, Black Wolf of N. America, St. Bernard's Mastiff, Highland Grey Hound, Great Dog of Nepaul\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Draftsman | James Stewart (delineavit)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Engraver | John Miller (sculpsit)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Medium | Hand-colored steel engraving on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Origin | Scotland \/ United Kingdom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Age | Circa 1840 to 1865, Victorian period\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Style | Victorian natural history illustration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Frame | Gilt wood frame with wide white paper mat and warm buff inner mat, hand-ruled red and black border lines\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Framed Size | 14.25 in W x 11.75 in H\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Verso | W. Frank Gadsby Ltd. framer's label, Lincoln (branches in Leicester, London, Leeds, and Walsall)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[condition]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe print is in good antique condition consistent with its age. The hand coloring is even and intact across all five animal subjects, with the warm auburn of the St. Bernard's Mastiff and the greens of the ground remaining clear and unfaded in the photographs. The paper shows general toning across the margin area outside the image border, which is typical for paper of this period and is visible in the photographs as the warm buff tone of the outer mat area. The image itself appears clean within the ruled border. The mat is a wide white paper mat with a narrow warm inner mat and hand-ruled red and black border lines, presenting the print in an appropriate period manner. The gilt wood frame shows wear consistent with age including light scratching and gesso losses at the corners, most visible at the upper left and upper right corners in the photographs. There is a patch of paint loss or surface damage on the lower frame rail showing the red bole beneath the gilding. The frame is structurally sound. The work is glazed. Offered as found in the framed and matted state; the print has not been examined outside the mat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51456157745430,"sku":"AMD-03305","price":325.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/JuneEnland2026-4171.jpg?v=1782008369","url":"https:\/\/austyn-marie.myshopify.com\/products\/antique-blackie-son-hand-colored-engraving-wolves-dogs-plate-40-victorian","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}