William Dickes

Blackthorn

William Dickes's original Baxtertype oil print, Blackthorn is printed upon 19th century wove paper, trimmed to the image and mounted on a second sheet of paper, as is usual with Baxtertypes. It hails from on of his school reward card sets cards which were distributed to students as gifts for high grades. Blackthorn is a fine, original, example of both the oil printing process and the art created by the British artist, William Dickes.

Original Baxtertype Oil Print by William Dickes

Blackthorn

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Title:	Blackthorn
Artist:	Dickes, William (Beechencliff, near Bath, 1815 - London, 1892)
Publisher:	William Dickes, London
Date:	1865
Medium:	Original Baxtertype Oil Print
Printer:	William Dickes, London
Source:	School reward card
Note:	William Dickes: Born in a small village near Bath, William Dickes went to London for his apprenticeship and to study at the Royal Academy. He commenced business on his own in 1846, and, in 1850, purchased the license to work on the Baxter process -- a medium newly invented by George Baxter to print images using a complex range of oil colors. William Dickes's method of color printing quickly displayed great skill and originality, gaining him medals at the Paris Exhibition (1855), the London International Exhibition (1862), the Universal Exposition in Paris (1862), and the Dublin International Exhibition (1865).
	An important wood engraver, lithographer, illustrator, printer and author of the mid to late nineteenth century, William Dickes illustrated works for W. H. Lizars's The Naturalist's Library (1840), Charles Knight's London (1841), Women of Worth, a book for Girls (1859), by W. Dickes, Brown's Self Interpreting Family Bible containing the Old and New Testaments by the Rev. John Brown (c. 1870), Beauty in Common Things (c. 1860), for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Simm's & McIntyre's Parlour Library (1847-62), the Gentelman's Journal, the Illustrated London News, and many other important publications. His largest series in scale of color prints was his Studies of the Great Masters, which was issued in eighteen monthly parts between 1859 and 1862.
	Today, however, Dickes is best remembered for his delicate and versatile printings for school reward cards which were distributed to students as gifts for high grades. William Dickes printed over forty sets, most of which contained twelve different cards. Flowers, wild and domestic animals and peoples of Europe were all familiar subjects. Blackthorn hails from one such set. All of William Dickes's superbly printed cards are now very scarce.
	It is interesting to note that William Dickes was the only licensee that George Baxter never quarreled with. This is probably the case because, unlike Le Blond and the others, Dickes never blatantly imitated Baxter's art and imagery. In fact his only reason for obtaining the license was to use the method to further his own, original art.
Note:	Botanical
Size:	3 1/2 X 4 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $225.00 US
Condition:	Printed on 19th century wove paper, trimmed to the image and mounted on a second sheet of paper, as is usual with Baxtertypes. A strong, bright impression with unfaded colors and in excellent condition throughout. Altogether, Blackthorn represents a fine, original example of both the oil printing process and the art of William Dickes.
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