Bidspirit auction | Lance Thackeray and Lionel Edwards,

Lance Thackeray and Lionel Edwards, By Private Treaty, Color Lithograph, 1902 - Color lithograph by Lance Thackeray and Lionel Edwards titled By Private Treaty, published in 1902. This satirical equestrian scene depicts a driver in a yellow coat and checkered trousers losing control of a carriage as his two horses, a piebald and a skewbald, pull in opposite directions. The print features the ironic caption LOTS 3 & 4. PIEBALD & SKEWBALD GELDINGS. HAVE BEEN DRIVEN MUCH TOGETHER. In the background, a groom in a green jacket sits dejectedly on the road while a donkey brays over a stone wall. The work is signed Thackeray Edwards in the plate at the lower left and includes the publisher information COPYRIGHT, 1902. BY HILLS & CO. LTD., LONDON, ENGLAND at the lower right corner. The lithograph is housed in a dark green painted wooden frame with a charcoal mat behind glass.