The Right Hon.ble the Earl of Derby.
Painted by Thos Gainsborough Esqr. R.A. Engraved by Geo.e Keating.
London, Publish'd May 20; 1785 by W.Austin, Drawing Master, at the Patriotic Printrooms No.41 St James's Street.
Mezzotint. 505 x 350mm (20 x 13¾"). Small crease in corner of title area.
Edward Smith-Stanley (1752-1834), 12th Earl of Derby. The Epsom Oaks is named after a horse race held on his estate, 'The Oaks', in 1779. The Derby Stakes is also named for him.
CS: Keating 2.
[Ref: 2609] £450.00
London, Publish'd May 20; 1785 by W.Austin, Drawing Master, at the Patriotic Printrooms No.41 St James's Street.
Mezzotint. 505 x 350mm (20 x 13¾"). Small crease in corner of title area.
Edward Smith-Stanley (1752-1834), 12th Earl of Derby. The Epsom Oaks is named after a horse race held on his estate, 'The Oaks', in 1779. The Derby Stakes is also named for him.
CS: Keating 2.
[Ref: 2609] £450.00