Young Boy on First Hunting Experience 1876 Engraving

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Item Description: <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0"><meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"><title>Method of payment</title><p style="border-style: groove; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" align="center"><font size="5"><b> YoungBoy on First Hunting Experience 1876 Engraving</b></font></p><p style="border-style: groove;" align="center"><font size="5"><b>This woodengraving is 130+ years old.  <br>It is a full-page engraving from "<i>The Graphic</i>"(dated Jan 22, 1876).   This is a very nice 2 engraving page depictinga young boy on his first hunt.  It issigned in plate by the artist. This is a remarkablewood engraving.  Theimage is very sharp and high contrast.</b></font></p><p style="border-style: groove;" align="center"><font color="#0000ff" size="5"><b>Thisis not a modern reproductions.<br> This picture image is approximately 21" x 13" on newspaper stockmeasuring approximately 24" x 15".   <br>The digital images do not capture all of the detail in the engravings.</b></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><i><b>The Graphic</b></i> was a Britishillustrated newspaper, first published on <a title="December 4" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_4">4December</a> <a title="1869" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869">1869</a>.It continued to be published weekly under this title until <a title="April 23" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_23">23April</a> <a title="1932" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932">1932</a> andthen changed title to "The National Graphic" between <a title="April 28" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_28">28April</a> and <a title="July 14" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_14">14July</a> <a title="1932" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932">1932</a>, itthen ceased publication. It had subscribers all around the <a title="British Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire">BritishEmpire</a> and in <a title="North America" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America">NorthAmerica</a>.</p><p style="background-color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">"The Graphic" was founded by <a title="William Luson Thomas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Luson_Thomas">WilliamLuson Thomas</a>, a wood engraver and social reformer. The first editor was <a title="Henry Sutherland Edwards" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sutherland_Edwards">HenrySutherland Edwards</a>, and Thomas also recruited a number of gifted artistsincluding <a title="Luke Fildes" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Fildes">LukeFildes</a>, <a title="Hubert von Herkomer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_von_Herkomer">Hubertvon Herkomer</a>, <a title="Frank Holl" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Holl">FrankHoll</a>, and <a title="John Everett Millais" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Everett_Millais">JohnMillais</a>. "The Graphic" was published on a Saturday and itsoriginal cover price was sixpence. In its first year, it described itself toadvertisers as "a superior illustrated weekly newspaper, containingtwenty-four pages imperial <a title="Book size" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_size">folio</a>,printed on fine toned paper of beautiful quality, made expressly for the purposeand admirably adapted for the display of <a title="Engravings" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engravings">engravings</a>".</p><p style="background-color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">When it started out, the newspaper wasprinted in a rented house. However it was a rapid success, and by 1882 thecompany owned three buildings, twenty printing machines and employed over 1,000people.</p><p style="background-color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">Artists employed on <i>The Graphic</i> and <i>TheDaily Graphic</i> at the end of the 19th century and start of the 20th centuryincluded <a class="new" title="Alexander Boyd" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Boyd&action=edit">AlexanderBoyd</a>, <a title="Frank Brangwyn" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Brangwyn">FrankBrangwyn</a>, <a class="new" title="James H. Dowd" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_H._Dowd&action=edit">JamesH. Dowd</a>, <a title="Harry Furniss" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Furniss">HarryFurniss</a>, <a title="Phil May" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_May">PhilMay</a>, <a title="Leonard Raven-Hill" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Raven-Hill">LeonardRaven-Hill</a>, <a class="new" title="Edmund Sullivan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edmund_Sullivan&action=edit">EdmundSullivan</a>, <a class="new" title="George Stampa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Stampa&action=edit">GeorgeStampa</a>, <a title="Sidney Sime" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Sime">SidneySime</a>, <a class="new" title="Bert Thomas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bert_Thomas&action=edit">BertThomas</a> and <a class="new" title="F. H. Townsend" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F._H._Townsend&action=edit">F.H. Townsend</a>.</p><p style="border-style: groove;" align="center"><font color="#0000ff" size="5"><b>The item is shipped rolled in a mailing tube.</b></font></p><p style="border-style: groove;" align="center"><font color="#0000ff" size="5"><b>VisitMy Ebay Store for Great Engravings.</b></font></p><p style="border-style: groove;" align="center"><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/History-On-Paper"><font color="#ff0000" size="6">http://stores.ebay.com/History-On-Paper</font></a></p><p style="border-style: groove;" align="center"><img src="http://cerash.ipower.com//cerash/hunting.jpg" border="0" height="1160" width="800"></p><p style="border-style: groove;" align="center"><font color="#ff0000" size="4">PLEASENOTE THAT THESE SCANS OF WOOD LINE ENGRAVING MAY PRODUCE STRIPES and FRINGE ARTIFACTSTHAT ARE NOT PRESENT IN THE ACTUAL ENGRAVINGS.</font></p><p style="border-style: groove;" align="center"><font size="5"><b>I havethousands of engravings at excellent prices.  Please let me knowif you are looking for a particular person, place, event, etc.</b></font></p><p style="border-style: groove;"><font size="5"><font color="#0000ff"><b>Authenticity</b></font>:</font><font size="4"><b>This is an <font color="#ff0000">original</font>historical item, meaning it was taken directly  from the book, periodical,newspaper, etc., in which it was published.  </b></font></p><p style="border-style: groove;"><b><font color="#0000ff" size="5">Condition</font><font size="4">:</font></b><font size="3"> </font><font size="5"><b>It is in very good condition with no major faults inthe image area. The engraving may have printing imperfections in the engravings and may haveminor aging...it is 100+ years old. But, you must be satisfied or yourpurchase price refunded.  </b></font></p><p style="border-style: groove;"><b><font size="5"><font color="#0000ff">Shipping costs:</font> </font><font size="4">Shippingcosts on this item are <font color="#ff0000">$3.00.</font>  <u>Mailingcosts combined on multiple purchases mailed together.</u> My shippingcosts are calculated on three factors - getting your item to you as quickly aspossible, as cost effectively as possible, and as safely as possible.  Ipride myself in providing optimal protection.  I use First Class orPriority Mail on most small items; Parcel Post on larger items; and Media Mailon books and magazines. You may request expedited shipment if you are willing topay costs.</font></b></p><p style="border-style: groove;"><font size="5"><b><font color="#0000ff">Insurance</font></b>:</font><b><font size="3"> </font><font size="4"><font color="#ff0000">Insurance is required on </font> all <font color="#ff0000">purchasesof $25.00 ormore. </font> Insurance rates are $1.70 ( up to $50) and $2.30 ($51-$100). Under $25.00, you may may the required insured mailing by adding $1.70 to your payment.</font></b></p>

Young Boy on First Hunting Experience 1876 Engraving

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Friday, March 19th 2010.

Young Boy on First Hunting Experience 1876 Engraving

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