Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
Title:
The night riders of Nacton : a series of four plates, beautifully coloured / from original drawings by Henry Alken ; shewing the rise, progress, and downfalling of "The first steeple chase on record" ; from an authentic account published in the "Sporting Review," No. 1, for January, 1839.
Alternate Title(s):
First steeple chase on record
Published / Created:
[London] : Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery and Sporting Review Office, no. 191, Regent Street, London, 1839.
Physical Description:
[2] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 49 x 62 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatint engravings by John Harris (1791?-1873).
Contents:
Plate I. Ipswich, the watering-place behind the barracks. Preparing to start. All sorts of odds. The grey for choice -- Plate II. The large field near Biles's Corner. Whoop! and away! The Major in trouble. Subden's linen suffers. -- Plate III. The last field near Nacton Heath. Accomplished smashers & a run upon the bank -- Plate IV. Nacton Church, and village. The finish, a good five still alive, grand chorus, "The lads of the village!"
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
Subject Terms:
Steeplechasing -- Great Britain -- History. | Steeplechasing -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Horse racing -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Taylor, Henry C. -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints. | Publishers' advertisements.
Contributors:
Cooper, Sidney. Inquiry into the origin of steeple-chases, with an authentic account of the earliest steeple-chase on record. | Harris, John, 1791?-1873, engraver. | Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834, publisher. | Whitehead and Co. (London, England), printer.