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After James Pollard
Scenes During the Snow Storm. December 1836: The Liverpool Mail, in a snow drift-Two Ladies left in their Chariot without Horses-The Post Boy having gone to St. Albans in search of fresh ones (Siltzer 222) by G.B.Campion
hand-coloured lithograph, published 1837 by Ackermann & Co, wove paper with narrow margins, some time staining
S. 10¾ x 15¼in (27.5 x 38.5cm)
Scenes During the Snow Storm. December 1836: The Liverpool Mail, in a snow drift-Two Ladies left in their Chariot without Horses-The Post Boy having gone to St. Albans in search of fresh ones (Siltzer 222) by G.B.Campion
hand-coloured lithograph, published 1837 by Ackermann & Co, wove paper with narrow margins, some time staining
S. 10¾ x 15¼in (27.5 x 38.5cm)
Provenance
Allan Piper Collection.
Parker Gallery, London.
Parker Gallery, London.
Literature
Allan Piper Catalogue
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The snow began to fall on Christmas night in 1836 and continued for almost a week. By the evening of Boxing Day fourteen mail coaches had been abandoned on the various roads leading to the metropolis. The area around St.Albans was particularly badly affected. Here we see Burdett, the gaurd of the Livepool mail at the head of the offside leader. The mail coach is about a mile on the London side of St.Albans and, on the 27 December, is already axle deep in snow and unlikely to make any further progress.