POLLARD, James (1797-1867). British Horse Racing. London: Thomas McLean, 1 November 1836.
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POLLARD, James (1797-1867). British Horse Racing. London: Thomas McLean, 1 November 1836.

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POLLARD, James (1797-1867). British Horse Racing. London: Thomas McLean, 1 November 1836.

A set of 4 hand-coloured aquatints by Richard Gilson Reeve after Pollard, heightened with gum arabic, 348 x 442mm. platemarks; 382 x 484mm sheets, tipped into an album. (Second plate with small break along lower plate mark, which is reinforced on verso.) Modern red buckram, gilt-lettered morocco label on front cover, cloth slipcase. Provenance: acquired at Gimbels, 1938.

A RARE AND CELEBRATED SUITE OF RACING PRINTS. Not in the Mellon Collection. The individual plate titles are: 'Goodwood Grand Stand. Preparing to Start', 'Doncaster Grand Stand. Race for the Gold Cup,' 'Ascot Grand Stand. The Coming in', and 'Epsom Grand Stand. The Winner of the Derby Race'. On J. Whatman Turkey Mill, dates cropped. Siltzer p. 221.
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