DERBY - AT THE STARTING POST 1872 Basil Bradley VICTORIAN ENGRAVING

Original 20 inch x 12 inch Engraving titled THE DERBY - AT THE STARTING POST.

Illustration by Basil Bradley (1842 - 1904). Painter, draughtsman, illustrator and wood-engraver; studied at the Manchester School of Art. He specialised in painting animals, notably dogs, horses and livestock and Sydney Prior Hall (1842 - 1922). A British portrait painter and illustrator and one of the leading reportage artists of the later Victorian period. He decided on a career as an artist while at Oxford University and joined the staff of The Graphic shortly after its foundation in late 1869.

From The Graphic June 1st, 1872
The Graphic was a British weekly illustrated newspaper, first published on 4 December 1869 by William Luson Thomas's company Illustrated Newspapers Limited. It continued to be published weekly under this title until 23 April 1932 and then changed title to The National Graphic between 28 April and 14 July 1932; it then ceased publication, after 3,266 issues.

Page size 15 1/2 inch x 23 inch

The engraving is in very good condition with a vertical centre fold and a nick in the bottom border. Printed text on the reverse.