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Race ground
Title
Race ground [graphic] / drawn by Rowlandson ; tinted by Alken.
Publication
[London] : Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row, [1 June 1790]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and aquatint ; sheet 25.2 x 35 cm
Medium
laid paper, sepia ink.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Last of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of title, statements of responsibilty, and imprint. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum online catalogue.
Provenance
From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Summary
"Spectators watching a race between four horses, the sea beyond."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 12, 2016
References
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 276-9
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Genre prints.
Book illustrations.
Aquatints - England - London - 1790.
Etchings - England - London - 1790.
Also listed under
G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher.
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