1831
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Color-printed and hand-colored aquatint with touches of etching and engraving on wove paper
Sheet: 16 15/16 × 23 1/2 in. (43.02 × 59.69 cm)
Plate: 15 7/16 × 19 3/16 in. (39.21 × 48.74 cm)
Image: 11 3/4 × 16 3/16 in. (29.85 × 41.12 cm)
Other (matted): 20 × 27 in. (50.8 × 68.58 cm)
85.1377
Not on view
Publisher's blindstamp (head of Minerva) in center of lower margin.
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by J.F. Herring, Doncaster. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by R.G. Reeve. Printed beneath image in center: BIRMINGHAM, / THE WINNER OF THE GREAT ST. LEGER STAKES AT DONCASTER, 1830 / 68 Subscribers -- 28 Started. / By Filho da Puta, dam Miss Craigie by Orville. / THE PROPERTY OF MR. BEARDSWORTH, / To whom this Print by Permission is most respectfully dedicated by the Publishers. / J.F. HERRING and S & J. FULLER.; London, Published March 21, 1831, by S & J. Fuller, at their Sporting Gallery, 34, Rathbone Place, and at J.F. Herrings, Doncaster. Inscribed in graphite, lower left (very faint): "W 11395"; lower right: "V. 4" (?). Inscribed in graphite on verso: 628.
Paul Mellon Collection
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