The life and death of a race-horse : Exemplified in his various stages of existence, till his dissolution. I. When a foal with his dam. II. When a colt breaking. III. After running a race and winning a considerable sweepstakes. IV. As a hunter going out to the chace. V. As a post-chaise horse on the road. VI. His dissolution / The whole drawn and engraved in aquatinta, by Thomas Gooch, Esq.; with an essay tending to excite a benevolent conduct towards the brute creation, by the late Dr. Hawksworth. To which is now added the song of the race horse, &c.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Edward Jeffery, in Pall-Mall, 1792.
Physical Description:
4 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 49 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
The plates are aquatints printed in sepia with etched titles. All bear imprint "Pubd. July 30, 1790 from Original Designs by T. Gooch, No. 4 Half Moon Street".
Subject Terms:
Race horses -- Pictorial works. | Race horses -- Early works to 1800. | Horses -- Pictorial works. | Horses -- Early works to 1800. | Jeffery, Edward -- Publisher. | Peters, Harry Twyford, 1881–1948 -- Bookplate. | Hatchards (Firm) -- Binder. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1792.