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BAXTER/LE BLONDE & KRONHEIM

click to enlarge	THE FISHERMANS HUT. A le Blonde Oval Print from the late 1800 hundreds. Not an early Le Blonde print, but still a genuine one. It has never been framed so the colours are still fresh. There are tag marks at the sides. Size of Image 5 1/4" x 6 3/4". Paper size 8 3/4" x 11 1/4"              Code LEB 027	Price £40.00
click to enlarge	WEDDING DAY A le Blonde Oval Print from the late 1800 hundreds. Not an early Le Blonde print, but still a genuine one. It has never been framed so the colours are still fresh. There are tag marks at the sides. Size of Image 5 1/4" x 6 1/2 ". Paper size 8 3/4" x 11 1/4"                                                                           Code LEB 028	£45.00
click to enlarge	LEARNING TO RIDE A le Blonde Oval Print from the late 1800 hundreds. Not an early Le Blonde print, but still a genuine one. It has never been framed so the colours are still fresh. There are tag marks at the sides. Size of Image 5 1/4" x 6 3/4". Paper size 8 3/4" x 11 1/4"                Code LEB 029	£40.00
click to enlarge	UNKNOWN TITLE An early copy of a Le Blonde print. Showing a fisherman and three children playing with boats. A clean print with no foxing or marks. Size of Image 5 1/4" x 6 3/4" Paper size 8" x 9 1/2"                                                              Code LEB 030	£15.00
click to enlarge	UNKNOWN TITLE A Lady and her Child giving an apple to a female worker. An original colour print by Joseph Martin Kronheim, 19th century. In superb condition, no evidence of fading. Never been framed. Laid onto smooth card and mounted. Size of Image 6 1/2" x 5" Mount size 11 1/4"x 91/2"                                                            Code KRO 019	£12.00
click to enlarge	UNKNOWN TITLE A Lady giving her children their schooling. An original colour print by Joseph Martin Kronheim, 19th century. In superb condition, no evidence of fading. Never been framed. Laid onto smooth card and mounted. Size of Image 6 1/2" x 5" Mount size 11 1/4"x 91/2"                                                            Code KRO 020	£12.00
click to enlarge	THE MEDICANT. Original colour print by Joseph Martin Kronheim, 19th century. In superb condition, no evidence of fading. Never been framed. Laid onto smooth card. Size of Image 9 1/2"x 7" Paper size 11"x 9"                                                                                                                    Code KRO 021	£15.00
click to enlarge	THE COURTING COUPLE Original colour print by Joseph Martin Kronheim, 19th century. The Image is In superb condition, no evidence of fading, only one brown stain in the left hand margin. Never been framed. Laid onto smooth card. Size of Image 9 1/2"x 7" Paper size 11"x 9"                                                           Code KRO 022	£15.00
	FISHING Original colour print by Joseph Martin Kronheim, 19th century. The Image is In superb condition, no evidence of fading, Never been framed. Laid onto smooth card. Size of Image 9 1/2"x 7" Paper size 11"x 9"                                                           Code KRO 023	£15.00
	LA RENCONTRE A LA FONTAINE. A Large Original colour print by Joseph Martin Kronheim, 19th century. The Image is In superb condition, no evidence of fading, Never been framed. Laid onto smooth card. Size of Image 9 1/2"x 13 " Paper size 11 1/2 "x 15 "                                                           Code KRO 024	£18.00
	LE DEPART. A Large Original colour print by Joseph Martin Kronheim, 19th century. The Image is In superb condition, no evidence of fading, Never been framed. Laid onto smooth card. Size of Image 9 1/2"x 13 " Paper size 11 1/2 "x 15 "                                                           Code KRO 025	£28.00
	A SERVING GIRL. A Large Original Oval colour print by Joseph Martin Kronheim, 19th century. The Image is In superb condition, no evidence of fading, Never been framed. Laid onto smooth card. Size of Image 10 "x 8 " Paper size 11 1/2 "x 9 1/2" "                                                           Code KRO 026	£10.00
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In the nineteenth century, George Baxter's innovative process for improving colour printing using wooden blocks lay in building up a series of tints, one after the other, with the aid of engraved wooden blocks, upon a perfect impression of a steel or copper-plate engraving. For this he obtained a patent in 1835.
Falling upon hard times Baxter sold licenses for using his process to several printers, one of whom was Le Blond and Company. This firm was recognized as the most important of the Baxter licensees because its work was nearest to Baxter's in style and quality. Le Blond & Co produced the well-known Le Blond Baxters in 1868, by acquiring Baxter's original plates and blocks and erasing the original Baxter signature. These prints were of inferior quality; the prints which made Le Blond famous were the Le Blond Ovals.
In these prints, Le Blond & Co introduced a completely individual manner of production and style, breaking away from the Baxter tradition. The Ovals,
a set of thirty-two prints, each measure six and a half by five inches and are printed in the centre of a mount ten by eight inches. Each picture is surrounded by an embossed rim, and the title and serial number of the print are embossed in a small panel in the bottom right-hand corner of the mount.
The subject of the Ovals presents a nostalgic picture of rural life in the early nineteenth century. The foreground of each picture is dominated by the subject matter of the title, the background is uncluttered, with just sufficient detail to complete the picture. The Ovals are well produced, brilliant in colour and have become collectors' items, competing as they did, in terms of popularity, with Baxter's prints.