William A. Sextie Hand Numbered Limited Edition Print on Paper :"Saucebox"
Title: Saucebox
Dimensions (W x H ): Paper Size: 20 x 16 in | Image Size: 16 x 12 in
Edition | Medium: Each print is hand numbered, accompanied by a certificate signed by the Master Printer and is numbered to match the print. The editions are limited to 1880 copies. |
This Gouttelette print on paper is published with light-fast inks to BS1006 Standard onto acid-free calcium carbonate buffered stock, mould-made from 100% cotton and sourced from environmentally conscious paper suppliers. This product is exclusive to Rosenstiels.
About the Art: Superior Edition
About the Artist:
William Sextie was born in the early 1820s.
Throughout his career he concentrated mainly on equestrian subjects and, particularly, upon the racehorse. His work is notable for its precise and almost photographic accuracy, partly because the contemporaneous invention of photography created a standard of accuracy which he tried to recreate in his own paintings.
His best-known racehorse portraits include Geheimniss with Tom Cannon Up, (Tom Cannon was the great-grandfather of jockey Lester Piggot), Shotover, (the Derby winner of 1882), Cherry with Fred Archer up (which featured one of the greatest jockeys of all time), and Saucebox (painted for J. Parr Esq.).
Towards the end of his life Sextie lived in Windsor, where he died in the summer of 1900 at the age of 79.
