Lot 674: HOWE, James (1780-1836). Fourteen Engravings, from Drawings of the Horse, by Howe.

HOWE, James (1780-1836). Fourteen Engravings, from Drawings of the Horse, by Howe. Edinburgh: 1824

Oblong 4°, (288 x 445mm). 28 engraved plates by Horsburg, Lizars, Miller and Wilson, 14 uncoloured interleaved with 14 hand-coloured duplicate plates. (Spotting to all plates, repaired tear to coloured plate no.4). Original yellow wrapper (torn at edges). Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 19 June 1939, lot 796).

SCHWERDT COPY OF HOWE'S FINE HORSE BOOK. Born in the Lowlands of Scotland, James Howe, the son of a minister, began life apprenticed to a house painter, but his interest was in painting pictures, his real talent being for horses. Here we see the artist portraying the noble animal in all forms, the hunter, the work horse, the mount of the cavalry, thoroughbred; and cart horse.
Schwerdt I, p.250

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