2-Antique Master Prints-EPSOM-RACES-HORSES-Smart, Hunt-Pollard-c.1830

Medium: Colour aquatint etching with add’l hand colouring on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 64.5 x 44.5 cm (25.39 x 17.52 inch). Image size: 63 x 43 cm. (24.8 x 16.93 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Ghosting from previous framing. Some staining from previous attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

EPSOM RACES, JAMES POLLARD, HORSE RACING, EQUESTRIAN ART, 19TH CENTURY PRINTS | EXPO-LARGE-MPRINTS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in London, 19th century.

Reference: SILTZER p. 221.

Biography engraver: Robert William Smart & George Hunt, active 19th-century British engravers known for their collaboration on equestrian and sporting prints.

Biography artist: James Pollard (1792-1867), English painter and printmaker specializing in coaching, sporting, and equestrian scenes.