Gimcrack (Primary Title)
after, Francis Sartorius, English, 1734 - 1804 (Artist)
John June, English, active 1740 - 1770 (Engraver)
Signed in plate lower right: J. June fc.
Printed beneath image lower left: F. Sortorius pinxt. Printed beneath image lower right: June fecit. Printed beneath image in center: Gimcrack; this surprising Beautiful little gray Horse about 14 Hands 1 Inch high, was bred by Mr. Gideon Elliot of Murrell Green in Hampshire, is now the Property of / Count Lauraguais, he Won above twelve Capital Plates & Prizes, & was never beat but by Bay Malton, on which was many Thousand Pounds depending/ Printed for Robt. Sayer No. 53 in Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 1st. July 1770. Inscribed in graphite upper right: 2.
Paul Mellon Collection
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