![[A Country Race Course with Horses Racing.]](jpegs/54700.jpg)
[A Country Race Course with Horses Racing.]
[W. Mason Esq. delin.t. Aquatinta by F.Jukes. Engrav'd by J.Jenkins.]
Pub.h.d June 20th [no year] W.m Mason Esq.r. [c.1786.]
Aquatint with engraving, proof before title, scratched publication line. Sheet 465 x 650mm (14¼ x 17¾"). Trimmed within plate, small tears repaired. Some creasing in sky.
A chaotic scene at a racecourse, Newmarket Heath or probably York as the artist, William Mason (1724 -97), was Canon Residentiary of York. The horses pass the finish post, through spectators who wander close to the course. On the left is a high phaeton carriage, in the right foreground a woman pie-seller falls to the ground, spilling her wares. A pair to ''A Country Race Course with Horses Preparing to Start''. The BM's example was published by James Phillips in 1786.
BM Satires 8256. Not in Siltzer.
[Ref: 54700] £690.00
Pub.h.d June 20th [no year] W.m Mason Esq.r. [c.1786.]
Aquatint with engraving, proof before title, scratched publication line. Sheet 465 x 650mm (14¼ x 17¾"). Trimmed within plate, small tears repaired. Some creasing in sky.
A chaotic scene at a racecourse, Newmarket Heath or probably York as the artist, William Mason (1724 -97), was Canon Residentiary of York. The horses pass the finish post, through spectators who wander close to the course. On the left is a high phaeton carriage, in the right foreground a woman pie-seller falls to the ground, spilling her wares. A pair to ''A Country Race Course with Horses Preparing to Start''. The BM's example was published by James Phillips in 1786.
BM Satires 8256. Not in Siltzer.
[Ref: 54700] £690.00