Velasquez. “A Pupil of La Haute Ecole. Portrait by Velasquez of Don Balthazar Infante of Spain. From Sir Richard Wallaces Collection.” From "Cassell’s The Illustrated Book of the Horse"

Velasquez.  “A Pupil of La Haute Ecole.  Portrait by Velasquez of Don Balthazar Infante of Spain.  From Sir Richard Wallaces Collection.”  From Cassell’s The Illustrated Book of the Horse.  London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880.  8 3/4 x 6 3/4 (image).  Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son.  Very good condition. From a delightful series of portraits of horses.  The last part of the nineteenth century was the time when wonderful chromolithographs were being produced in England and in the United States, and these prints are excellent examples of the process.  The attractive subjects and bright colors make for a series of truly charming prints.