Set of two engravings. After Carle Vernet. Titles under the engraving.
Under middle : A Paris, chez Rolland, Place des Victoires, Nos 6 et 28.
Under left : Dessine par Carle Vernet ( Antoine-Charles-Horace Vernet ) Born in Bordeaux in 1758 . Worked as painter and lithographer in Paris and was specialiised on painting horses.
Under right : Grave par Philibert Louis Debucourt. (1755 – 1832)
Aquatint, etching.
First state. Printed in black only. Issued in Paris circa 1817.
Debucourt made the other plate too., Fin de la cours, no 4
Together with two other plates made by Gros after C. Vernet it makes up a set of four and this explains the numbers 3 & 4 in the title.
These numbers are absent in the second edition
Both framed in mahogany and acid-free coloured passe-partout.
Format engraving (image): 38,5 x 53 cm. (15,2 x 20,1 inches.)
With frame: 65 x 77 cm. ( 25,6 x 30,3 inches. )