JOSEPH CLAYTON CLARKE !! Rare Framed Antique Color Lithograph - Bill Sikes - Signed

RARE FRAMED ANTIQUE COLOR CHROMOLITHOGRAPH - CHARLES DICKENS CHARACTER BILL SIKES - SIGNED "KYD"

"KYD" WAS PSEUDONYM FOR THE BRITISH ARTIST JOSEPH CLAYTON CLARKE (1857 - 1937) WHO WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHARACTERS FROM THE NOVELS OF CHARLES DICKENS.  THE ARTWORK WAS PUBLISHED IN MAGAZINES OR SOLD AS WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS.   CLARKES ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DICKENS FIRST APPEARED IN 1887 IN FLEET STREET MAGAZINE

THIS PARTICULAR COLOR CHROMOLITHOGRAPH WAS CREATED IN 1889.   THE PROCESS OF CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY INVOLVES THE USE OF MULTIPLE LITHOGRAPHIC "STONES" , ONE FOR EACH COLOR.  THE LITHOGRAPHER THEN USES THE STONES TO CREATE THE CHROMO OVER A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME TO PRODUCE AN ITEM AS IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL PAINTING AS POSSIBLE. 

THIS CHROMOLITHOGRAPH DEPICTS "BILL SIKES" A CHARACTER FROM THE CHARLES DICKENS NOVEL "OLIVER TWIST"

THE ITEM IS FRAMED IN A NATURAL TONE WOOD FRAME WITH GOLD HIGHLIGHTS BEHIND PASTEL PEACH COLOR MATTING AND PROTECTIVE GLASS.  THE FRAME HAS A BACKBOARD AND IS WIRED TO BE HUNG UP

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM IS CHROMOLITHOGRAPH SIGNED - "KYD" MIDDLE RIGHT.   A LABEL AT THE BACK DESCRIBES THE ITEM - "ARTIST, DATE ETC"

CONDITION : LITHOGRAPH, FRAME AND GLASS ARE ALL IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, CHIPS, DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : 30cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....35cm TOP TO BOTTOM.....1.5cm THICK

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