Sporting Sketches, No. 5 (Primary Title)

Henry Heath, English, active 1850 (Artist)

19th century
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored etching on wove paper
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark): 12 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. (31.75 × 23.18 cm)
Other (each vignette): 5 1/2 × 4 in. (13.97 × 10.16 cm)
85.1286.5
Not on view
Printed in upper margin in center: Sporting Sketches, No. 5. Printed beneath image, upper left: "Come I'll bet yr. a Pot he do'nt do 10 Mile an hour."; upper right: "D'ye call that nothing?"; lower left: "Pull away Boy!"; lower right: "What a Savage looking Hanimal! I do'nt think it's worthwhile to go over." Printed in center of lower margin: Published by Charles Tilt. 86, Fleet Street. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "Heath" and "HRH 17--37".
Paul Mellon Collection
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