A False Alarm on the Road to Gretna, 'tis only the Mail (after Charles B. Newhouse)
Richard Gilson Reeve (London 1803 – 1889)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, wood and glass
Measurements
425 x 554 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 16642.1
Summary
Print, aquatint, A False Alarm on the Road to Gretna, 'tis only the Mail (after Charles B. Newhouse) by Richard Gilson Reeve (London 1803 – 1889). Entitled; A FALSE ALARM ON THE ROAD TO GRETNA / 'tis only the mail. The scene shows an open carriage stopped outside an inn with a lady and dog confronted by a gesturing man, five grooms are controlling various startled horses and there is a mail coach and four horses coming at speed from the left. Beneath the scene to the left is printed; Painted by C. B. Newhouse. In the centre is printed; Published by B. Moss (and) Co Leman St., Goodmans Fields. To the right is printed; Engraved by R. Reeves. The frame is ebonised wood and the back of the picture is lined with brown paper.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
Richard Gilson Reeve (London 1803 – 1889), engraver (printmaker) Charles B. Newhouse (c.1805-1877), artist B. Moss and Co., engraver and publisher