1813
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored etching and aquatint on wove paper
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 15/16 in. (26.67 × 35.4 cm)
Plate (approx.- trimmed inside platemark at upper edge): 10 1/8 × 12 3/4 in. (25.72 × 32.39 cm)
Image: 8 3/16 × 10 11/16 in. (20.8 × 27.15 cm)
85.1285.5
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: "Taking a Lead, by which is understood Securing the Privilege of breaking your neck first, and when / you fall, of being rode over by a Hundred & Ninety nine of the best fellows upon earth to a dead certainty."/ London, Published July 1st. 1813 by J. Watson. 7. Vere Street. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "Frankland"; in center: "HRH 21 / 23A" and "30A".
Paul Mellon Collection
Catching Sight: The World of British Sporting Print, VMFA, August 31, 2013 - July 13, 2014
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