Finish of a horse race

Finish of a horse race

Item Information

Title:
Finish of a horse race
Description:
Information from accompanying cards: On the fore-edge appears a painting depicting the finish of a horse race, a fine example of a sporting fore-edge painting on a book bound by the famous Gosden, who specialized in designing appropriate bindings for books on sports.
Date:
(c) 1811
Format:
Paintings
Genre:
Watercolors
Fore-edge painting
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Special Collections, Rare Books
Subjects:
Race horses
Horse racing
Jockeys
Extent:
1 painting : watercolor on fore edge of book
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/kh04n020x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from accompanying cards.
Found on: Songs of the chace [sic], &c. : containing an extensive collection relative to the sports of the field, including the several subjects of hunting, shooting, racing, coursing, angling, hawking, &c., &c.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, May 1951.
Notes (date):
Date of painting unknown. Publication date of book: 1811.
Notes (object):
Fore-edge/fanned to the right
Identifier:
07_04_000003A
Call #:
RARE BKS PR1195 .H9S6x
Barcode:
39999061725618