NEWS FROM ABROAD 1868 Frederick Daniel Hardy VICTORIAN ENGRAVING

Original 21 inch x 24 1/2 inch Engraving titled NEWS FROM ABROAD.

From a painting by Frederick Daniel Hardy (1827 - 1911). An English genre painter and member of the Cranbrook Colony of artists.

Printed by Leighton Brothers
The Leighton Brothers firm was established in 1849 by George Cargill Leighton (1826-1895), his brothers, Steven Leighton (1834-1920) and Charles Blair Leighton (1823-1855). Their firm specialized in early engravings printed in color. Experiments in printing wood engravings in colors began about 1850. The two great innovators in this field were Edmund Evans (The printer behind Kate Greenaway and Walter Crane) and George Leighton, who, after forming Leighton Brothers Company produced some of the largest color engravings of the Victorian era. In 1855, the Leighton Brothers printed the first color engraving to be issued in a 'Christmas Supplement' for 'The Illustrated London News'.

From The Illustrated London News October 10th, 1868

The engraving is in good condition with one vertical fold and one horizontal fold. The top and bottom edges were extremely frayed and have been trimmed off. There is a long diagonal surface crease and a tear at the left end of the horizointal fold which has been repaired from the reverse with archival tape.