Race ground [graphic]

Description

Title: Race ground [graphic]
Creator: Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher.
Published / Created: [1 June 1790]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd June 1, 1790, by Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Abstract: "Spectators watching a race between four horses, the sea beyond."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: 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.
Mounted on leaf 21 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
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.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25.2 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Book illustrations
Aquatints England London 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Material: etching and aquatint ; and laid paper, sepia ink.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > London > 1790
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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