Grand Leicestershire steeple chase, on the 12th of March, 1829.
Published / Created:
London : Published Jany. 1st 1830, by R. Ackermann, Junr., Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street, [1830]
Physical Description:
8 prints : aquatint engraving ; 41 x 52 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes:
Caption title.
Contents:
1. The start -- 2. Going the pace, Captain Ross leading. Mr. Field Nicholson taking a line of his own -- 3. Symptoms of distress. The cocktail floored -- 4. The field becomes select. The captain still leading -- 5. A rich scene, and such as no other country can exhibit. "What kiss is the pace" said the late Lord Forester, and no man put it oftener to the test -- 6. Dick Christian's last fall, commonly called "A header." "Tis nothing when you are used to it." -- 7. The climax of disaster -- 8. The winning post at Billesden Coplow. The covert is celebrated for having produced the stoutest foxes in the Quorn Hunt.
Subject Terms:
Quorn Hunt, England. | Steeplechasing -- Pictorial works. | Horses -- Pictorial works. | Horse racing -- Pictorial works. | Leicestershire (England) -- Social life and customs. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Ackermann, Rudolph, publisher. | Gloucester, Duke of -- Provenance.