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Paint, Wood, BoardSummary of The Post Office Mail Coach
Oil painting on board of Mail Coach outside an coaching inn and post office.
Full description
Oil painting on board, a busy scene showing a Mail Coach outside an inn with the sign of a Stag and Post Office on the other side. There is a Mail Coach with a four chestnuts fully laden with passengers and off to the side a change of four grey horses. Lots of bystanders looking on with dogs and another carriage in the back ground, in the far distance is a windmill.
Artist profile
Henry Thomas Alken was born in London in 1785 died 1851, part of a dynasty of sporting artists.
He was a prolific artist of hunting and coaching scenes.
Access information
The British Postal Museum and Archive
15-20 Phoenix Place
London
WC1X 0DA
Picture credit
The British Postal Museum and Archive