Extraordinary Steeple-Chase (Primary Title)

E. Gill, English, active 1820 (Artist)

1830
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored aquatint on wove paper
Sheet: 23 × 31 5/8 in. (58.42 × 80.33 cm)
Plate: 20 7/16 × 30 7/8 in. (51.91 × 78.42 cm)
Image: 15 3/8 × 27 3/4 in. (39.05 × 70.49 cm)
Mat: 28 × 34 1/2 in. (71.12 × 87.63 cm)
85.1424
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Engraved by Mess.rs H. Alken & E. Duncan. Printed beneath image in center: CLASHER, Rode by G. OSBALDESTON, ESQ. London, Published 1830, by R. Ackermann, 96 Strand- and R. Ackermann, Jun.r 191 Regent Street. CLINKER, Rode by DICK CHRISTIAN./ EXTRAORDINARY STEEPLE-CHASE,/ For One Thousand Sovereigns- between Mr Osbaldeston's "Clasher" and Capt.n Ross's "Clinker"/ From Great Dalby Windmill, to within a Mile of Tilton on the Hill. (The 5 Miles was done in 16 Minutes.)/ Dedicated with Permission to Geo. Osbaldeston, Esq.re and the Gentlemen of the Pytchley Hunt, By their very obliged & obedient Servant, R ACKERMANN./ From a Painting by E. Gill, of Northampton, in the possession of G. Osbaldeston, Esq.
Paul Mellon Collection
"This Sporting Life: Prints and Drawings from The Paul Mellon Collection", VMFA, Mellon Galleries, March 1 - July 31, 1994
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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