John Harris after M. A. Hayes

Car-Travelling in the South of Ireland in the Year 1836 ~ Bianconi's Establishment

15 x 11 inches

An early set of aquatints in full original colour. Engraved by John Harris (1811-1865) after the paintings of M. A. Hayes and published in London by Ackermann in 1836.

1. Getting Ready. Hearn's Hotel, Clonmel
2. Arriving at the End of a Stage
3. On the Road at Full Pace
4. Taking up a Passenger
5. Dropping a Passenger
6. The Arrival at Waterford. Commin's Hotel

This very famous set of Irish coaching prints has been much reproduced but is offered here in its original state. The plates each depict charming scenes that show both mail and passengers being transported around rural Ireland in the early eighteenth century. John Harris was one of the most proficient aquatint engravers of his age and achieved his greatest notoriety for reproducing the sporting scenes of his contemporaries. He lived and worked in London producing a magnificent collection of sporting and military prints that have remained popular ever since.