{"product_id":"oaching-prints-trip-to-brighton-john-dean-paul-1824-set-four","title":"Antique English Coaching Prints, A Trip to Brighton, Set of Four Engravings","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eFour hand-colored engravings published in London in 1824 by Thomas McLean, drawn by Sir John Dean Paul and engraved by Charles Laurie, depicting the full comic drama of a Regency journey from London to Brighton. The Brighton road was the most fashionable and most hazardous coaching route in England, and these four panoramic plates capture it in full: an overcrowded inn yard departure, a curricle outpacing everything on the open road, a carriage overturned with passengers scattered, and the chaotic press of post chaises and social types that made the journey as much spectacle as transport. Each plate carries caption text drawn from Shakespeare and contemporary stage comedy, Macbeth, Timon of Athens, Love, Law and Physic, evidence of the literate humor McLean's publishing house brought to the sporting print market. The set retains its matching period ebonized frames with cream slip liners and bears a Victorian framer's label verso for Frank Davis, Fine Art Frame Manufacturer and Dealer in Works of Art, Birmingham.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Artist | Sir John Dean Paul (1802-1868), draughtsman; Charles Laurie, engraver\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Publisher | Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Date | 1824, first published\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Medium | Hand-colored engraving on laid paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Subject | Coaching scenes, Brighton road, Regency England\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Plates | Complete set of four, Plates 1 through 4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Caption texts | Plate 1: \"Remember its optional \/ Love, Law and Physic \/ Oh these extractions they are most pestilent to the hearing, Shakespeare\" | Plate 2: \"Alak I am afraid, Macbeth \/ Too many eggs in one basket \/ When tis done then twere well it were done quickly\" | Plate 3: \"Rusticus expectat \/ Down with the nose, down with it flat, Timon of Athens \/ Whiles I may scape I will preserve myself\" | Plate 4: \"Transport and Snobbery \/ And am I then a man to be balked \/ In laino tenax pateo \/ Sent post curricula\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Sight size | 24.25 in W x 8.75 in H (each)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Framed size | 25.75 in W x 10 in H (each)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Frame | Period ebonized wood with cream slip liner, matching across all four\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Verso | Frank Davis, Fine Art Frame Manufacturer and Dealer in Works of Art, Birmingham (Victorian framer's label)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Origin | United Kingdom\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 prints show honest age-appropriate toning across the paper, warming to amber at the margins, consistent with 200-year-old laid paper that has not been stored in archival conditions. Foxing spots are present across all four plates, distributed unevenly, some plates showing more than others. The hand-coloring retains good saturation in the stronger tones, particularly the reds and greens of the carriage bodies and livery. A horizontal fold crease is visible across several of the prints, consistent with the panoramic sheets having been stored folded before framing, which was standard practice for this format. Glass is intact on all four. No tears or significant losses to the image areas visible. The prints remain well within the acceptable condition range for works of this age and format.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Plate 1","offer_id":51464670413078,"sku":"AMD-03330","price":375.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Plate 2","offer_id":51464670445846,"sku":"AMD-03331","price":375.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Plate 3","offer_id":51464670478614,"sku":"AMD-03332","price":375.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Plate 4","offer_id":51464670511382,"sku":"AMD-03333","price":375.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Set of 4","offer_id":51505011982614,"sku":"AMD-03721","price":950.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/JuneEnland2026-4694.jpg?v=1782330328","url":"https:\/\/austyn-marie.myshopify.com\/products\/oaching-prints-trip-to-brighton-john-dean-paul-1824-set-four","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}