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Mango (Primary Title)

After, John Frederick Herring, Sr., English, 1795 - 1865 (Artist)
S. & J. Fuller (Publisher)

1837
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Color-printed and hand-colored aquatint and etching with touches of stipple engraving on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1837
European Art
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 21 1/4 in. (41.28 × 53.98 cm)
Plate: 15 × 19 1/2 in. (38.1 × 49.53 cm)
Image: 12 5/16 × 16 11/16 in. (31.27 × 42.39 cm)
Other (matted): 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 60.96 cm)
85.1381
Not on view
Publisher's blindstamp (head of Minerva) in center of lower margin.
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by J. F. Herring. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by C. Hunt. Printed beneath image in center: Rode by S. Day./ MANGO, / THE WINNER OF THE GREAT ST. LEGER STAKES AT DONCASTER, 1837. / Bred by Mr.Thornhill in 1834, and is own Brother to Preserve, Marmalade, Morella, Pickle, and Perfume. He is got by Emilius out of Mustard (bred by Mr. Thornhill in 1824) by Merlin, / her Dam Morel, by Sorcerer, out of Hornby Lass, by Buzzard--Puzzle by Matchem--Princess by Herod--Blank--Spectator's Dam. / THE PROPERTY OF C.C. GREVILLE ESQRE. / To whom this Print by permission is most respectfully dedicated by the Publishers / I.F. HERRING and S & J. FULLER / London, Published November 1837 by S & J. FULLER, at their Sporting Gallery, 34, Rathbone Place. Printed in lower left corner: PROOF.
Paul Mellon Collection
Catching Sight: The World of British Sporting Print, VMFA, August 31, 2013 - July 13, 2014
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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