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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1933,0408.2
Title
Object:
Near Blackgrove Farm
Series:
Vale of Aylesbury steeple chase
Description
Jockeys, on their horses, galloping at full speed from left to right, jumping over hedges; in the foreground on the left, one horse and rider fallen sideways over a bush. 1836 Hand-coloured aquatint
Producer name
Print made by:
Charles Hunt
Print made by:
George Hunt
After:
Francis Calcraft Turner
Published by:
John Moore
School/style
British
Production date
1836
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
aquatint
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
390 millimetres
Width:
576 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See John Hickman, 'The engravings of Charles and George Hunt', Norwich 2017, pp.512-5 (the set of four plates).
Bibliographic references
Siltzer 1929 / The story of British sporting prints
(p.276)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
1986 Apr-May, Plymouth, Plymouth Museum and AG, 'Sporting Life'
Subjects
equestrian
Associated names
Portrait of:
Henry de la Poer Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford
Portrait of:
Martin William Becher
Portrait of:
John Bareham Day
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Art Fund
(as NACF)
Acquisition date
1933
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1933,0408.2