1834
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Color-printed and hand-colored aquatint with touches of etching and stipple engraving on wove paper
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 21 1/4 in. (42.23 × 53.98 cm)
Plate: 14 7/8 × 18 7/8 in. (37.78 × 47.94 cm)
Image: 12 5/16 × 16 in. (31.27 × 40.64 cm)
Other (matted): 20 × 27 in. (50.8 × 68.58 cm)
85.1385
Not on view
Publisher's blindstamp (head of Minerva) in center of lower margin.
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by I.F. Herring. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by R.W. Smart & C. Hunt. Printed beneath image in center: Rode by Calloway./ TOUCHSTONE, / THE WINNER OF THE GREAT ST. LEGER STAKES AT DONCASTER, 1834, / 71 Subscribers --- 11 Started / He was Bred by the Marquis of Westminster, & got by Camel out of Banter, (bred by his Lordship in 1826.) by Master Henry out of Boadicea, Sister to Bucephalus. / THE PROPERTY OF THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER, / To whom this Print by Permission is most respectfully dedicated by the Publishers / I.F. HERRING and S & J. FULLER. / London, Published Decr, 15, 1834, by S & J. FULLER, at their Sporting Gallery, 34, Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso lower left: c5091/ 25.
Paul Mellon Collection
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