C1882

Assault-at-arms at St. James’s Hall, conducted by the London Athletic Club.

Artist:

Alfred Chantrey Corbould (1852 - 1920)

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C19th engraving a fencing match. 1. Corporal-Trumpeter Golding with the Bugle captured at Kassassin. 2 and 3. Regimental Corporal-Major Grieves and Corporal Saunders. 4. Behind the scenes: Looking at the Kassassin Lions. 5. MacPherson and Purve’s Box of Tools. From … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Assault-at-arms at St. James’s Hall, conducted by the London Athletic Club.

Date:

C1882

Artist:

Alfred Chantrey Corbould (1852 - 1920)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Engraving.

Image Size:

230mm

x 147mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1882

Description:

C19th engraving a fencing match.

1. Corporal-Trumpeter Golding with the Bugle captured at Kassassin.

2 and 3. Regimental Corporal-Major Grieves and Corporal Saunders.

4. Behind the scenes: Looking at the Kassassin Lions.

5. MacPherson and Purve’s Box of Tools.

From the original edition of the Illustrated London News.

Biography:

Alfred Chantrey Corbould (1852-1920)

Book and magazine illustrator; born in London, a member of the large Corbould family of painters. Studied with his maternal uncle Charles Keene; from 1871 contributed to Punch, specializing in fox-hunting scenes; exhibited RA 1879–87; also contributed to the Graphic and was sent to illustrate the Russo-Turkish war 1877.

He was a member of Royal Society of British Artists from 1893.