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Each painting having the unusual
scene of two large detailed coaches. One with
Norwich-Cambridge coach plus Norwich-London Royal coach with
hunt coach behind. The other having Norwich-London Royal
coach with one other coach and Hunt coach arriving at way
station / pub. Both signed lower left "J.C. Maggs -
1880, Bath". Re-framed and relined in early 1930, by
D. B. Butler & Co., 126 E. 57th St. NYC
This pair of exceptionally detailed
paintings by famed coaching artist J. C. Maggs (who lived on
Gay Street, Bath , England) are most unusual because of
their large size. Maggs seldom put two coaches in one
painting- that is why the larger than normal size.
Maggs was a master of this genre and widely patronized
including
Queen Victoria who bought his work.
John Charles Maggs 1819-1882
Reference #345
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