1829
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Color-printed and hand-colored aquatint with touches of etching on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN / 1829
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 21 1/8 in. (42.23 × 53.66 cm)
Plate: 15 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (38.74 × 48.9 cm)
Image: 11 7/8 × 16 in. (30.16 × 40.64 cm)
Other (matted): 20 × 27 in. (50.8 × 68.58 cm)
85.1384
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: "Marquis of Clevelands Voltaire." and "Engraved by R.G. Reeve." Printed beneath image in center: ROWTON, / THE WINNER OF THE GREAT ST. LEGER STAKES AT DONCASTER, 1829, / 97, Subscribers ---- 19, Started. / By Oiseau out of Katherina (late Perspective) by Woful her dam Landscape by Rubens, / THE PROPERTY OF THE HONBLE. E. PETRE, / To whom this Print by Permission is most Respectfully Dedicated by the Publishers / J.F. HERRING and S & J. FULLER. / London, Published Decr, 21, 1829, by S & J. Fuller, at their Sporting Gallery, 34, Rathbone Place, and at J.F. Herring's Doncaster. Inscribed in graphite on verso lower left: c5091/ 25.
Paul Mellon Collection
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