Charles B. Newhouse Pair of framed lithographs

ONE MILE FROM GRETNA - Our Governor in sight and A False Alarm on the road to Gretna (Tis only the mail)“By C.B Newhouse, the original engraving was done by Richard Gilson Gleeve, Charles B. Newhouse was a painter of coaching scenes and equestrian portraits. Most of his works were painted in watercolour, although there are also examples in oil. Several of his coaching scenes were engraved, mainly by Richard Gilson Reeve, but also by printmakers James Baily and Charles Rosenberg. These originate from a very large estate in Wexford and have been in the family years. (we can convey the house and history to the purchaser) Always nice to get hold of a pair of anything; both are in identical 20.5” x 15.5” inch approx. maple frames. The unpretentious little village of Gretna Green located one mile inside the borders of Scotland on the historic coaching road between London and Edinburgh, and as such, was the goal of enterprising runaway couples from England. Under a more liberal Scottish law that existed before 1856, all that was needed to constitute legal marriage was a solemn declaration of willingness, before two witnesses: residential qualifications were not necessary. The enterprising blacksmith at Gretna Green, for a consideration of course, would hastily perform the rough and ready formalities. He did rather well with his sideline, joining over 1,000 in wedlock in front of his anvil. Once the word got about of the lucrative trade, the Innkeeper of the Toll Inn decided that he too should get a piece of the action, over and above his tariff for lodgings, performing an 'all in' package for some 1,300 in six years. The other lithograph is A False Alarm on the road to Gretna (Tis only the mail)“ By C.B Newhouse, and again the original engraving was done by Richard Gilson Gleeve, STUDY THE ATTACHED PHOTOS UPLOADED AS THEY FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. NATIONWIDE DELIVERY Kind Regards