Aaron and Driver, as Running the first Heat at Maidenhead. 64.
[Richard Roper.] Pub. by Sayer & Bennett, Map, Chart & Printsellers, London. [n.d. c.1760.] Copper engraving. Plate 140 x 177mm. 5½ x 7". Uncut. A depiction of the first heat run in a match between Mr Lamego's chestnust, Driver, and Mr Roger's bay, Aaron. Driver won the first heat; the two horses gallop towards a finishing-post on the left, whipped-on by their jockeys. Race meetings were held at Maidenhead until c.1815. Tate Britain: T02367 [third heat].
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