Gold paint or leaf used in thop of jockey's cap
Printed beneath image lower left: Herring pinxt. Printed beneath image lower right: Pyall Sc. Printed beneath image in center: BESSY BEDLAM, / By Filho de Puta, Dam Lady Fulford by Walton, Grand Dam, Maniac by Shuttle; Maniac was the Dam of Fulford;-- At Malton Craven Meeting, April 6th, 1827, She won the / Sweepstakes beating Picturesque and Mr, Watt's ch. f. by Whisker. At Beverley, May 31st, She won the Sweepstakes beating Mr, Moss's ch. f. and Mr, Fox's b. f. by Blacklock. At Doncaster / Sept, 20th, She won the Sweepstakes beating Velocipede,and Mr, Fox's b. f. by Blacklock. At Lincoln, Septr, 26th, She won the Sweepstakes beating Mr, Corbett's b. c. Murphy. May 13th, / 1828, She won the Sweepstakes at York, beating Mr, Broadhead's gr. c. by Viscount, and on the same day she won a Sweepstakes beating Lady Vane by Reveller, Slut by / Tramp, and Lord Scarborough's bay by Reveller: Thus She has run 6 Races and won the whole of them./ Bessy Bedlam is Three Years old, & was bred by Colonel King of Ashby, Lincolnshire, to whom this Portrait is most respectfully dedicated by his obedient Servants, / THE PUBLISHERS. / Published as the Act directs, by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill London, and J. Noble, Hull, July, 1st. 1828.
Paul Mellon Collection
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