A view of Newmarket-Heath taken from Davis's Straits / [graphic]

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Title: A view of Newmarket-Heath taken from Davis's Straits / [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [9 June 1807]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd June 9th, 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A very obese man with very short legs stands on a mound in profile to the right. He has short jagged hair, wears a round hat and a coat, which though not long in cut reaches to his boots He has an expression of concentrated calculation; he holds a pencil and a card inscribed '2/I on Th . . . '. In the distance four horses are racing, followed by a crowd of spectators on horseback and on foot with one coach and pair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Mounted on leaf 51 of volume 11 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. 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 : plate mark 26.2 x 22 cm, on sheet 27.3 x 23 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1807
England > London > 1807
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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