SIR JOHN DEAN PAUL 'A TRIP TO BRIGHTON' SET OF 4

AFTER SIR JOHN DEAN PAUL, 1ST BT. (BRITISH, 1775�1852) SUITE OF FOURANTIQUE HAND-COLOURED ETCHING WITH AQUATINT ON PAPER DEPICTS A PANORAMIC SATIRICAL REGENCY COACHING EXPEDITION FROM LONDON TO THE SEASIDE, DETAILING THE DEPARTURE AT THE POST CHAISE OFFICE, OPEN-ROAD BREAKDOWNS, OVERTURNS, AND THE BUSTLING ARRIVAL ON BRIGHTON PARADE INSCRIBED WITH SATIRICAL QUOTATIONS AFTER SHAKESPEARE ET AL. ALONG THE LOWER MARGINS 3.875 X 21.5 IN PLATE 8 X 25.25 IN FRAMED "A TRIP TO BRIGHTON" REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED REGENCY COACHING CARICATURE SUITES OF THE EARLY 1820S. DESIGNED BY SIR JOHN DEAN PAUL AND ISSUED BY PREEMINENT SPORTING AND HUMOROUS PRINTSELLER THOMAS MCLEAN IN 1824, THE EXECUTION OF THE COPPER PLATES IS HISTORICALLY ATTRIBUTED TO MASTER SPORTING ARTIST HENRY ALKEN (1785�1851), WHOSE DISTINCTIVE DRAFTING OF HORSES AND COMIC ROAD CALAMITIES PERVADES EACH SHEET. PRESERVED IN INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING THE YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, AND FEATURED IN PRESTIGIOUS AUCTIONS INCLUDING THE JOEL SPITZ COLLECTION AT CHRISTIE'S.