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Shakespear (Primary Title)
12 Prints of High-Bred Running Horses, Drawn from the Life... (Series Title)

James Roberts, English, 1725 - 1799 (Artist)

18th century
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Etching and engraving on heavy laid paper
European Art
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 11 1/4 in. (18.73 × 28.58 cm)
Plate: 7 1/8 × 10 15/16 in. (18.1 × 27.78 cm)
Image: 6 1/8 × 10 3/16 in. (15.56 × 25.88 cm)
85.1442.1
Not on view
Printed in upper margin: 12 Prints of High-Bred Running Horses, Drawn from the Life, with an Account of the Number of Matches Won by them. Printed in upper right corner:1. Printed beneath image lower left: Jams. Roberts ad Vivum del. Printed beneath image lower right: H. Roberts Sculp. Printed in lower margin: The Portraiture of Mr. Meredith's famous Chesnut [sic] Horse SHAKESPEAR. Taken from the Life. / He Won 2 Kings Plates of 100 Guineas each at Guilford & Lincoln, & 2 of £. 50 each at York and Newmarket./ Printed for Robt. Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street.
Paul Mellon Collection
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