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Gooch, Thomas, 1750–1802

The life and death of a race-horse : Exemplified in his various stages of existence, till his dissolution. I. When a foal with his dam. II. When a colt breaking. III. After running a race and winning a considerable sweepstakes. IV. As a hunter going out to the chace. V. As a post-chaise horse on the road. VI. His dissolution

1792

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The life and death of a race-horse : Exemplified in his various stages of existence, till his dissolution. I. When a foal with his dam. II. When a colt breaking. III. After running a race and winning a considerable sweepstakes. IV. As a hunter going out to the chace. V. As a post-chaise horse on the road. VI. His dissolution /, London : Printed for Edward Jeffery, in Pall-Mall, 1792, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
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  • Creator

    Gooch, Thomas, 1750–1802

  • Title(s)

    The life and death of a race-horse : Exemplified in his various stages of existence, till his dissolution. I. When a foal with his dam. II. When a colt breaking. III. After running a race and winning a considerable sweepstakes. IV. As a hunter going out to the chace. V. As a post-chaise horse on the road. VI. His dissolution / The whole drawn and engraved in aquatinta, by Thomas Gooch, Esq.; with an essay tending to excite a benevolent conduct towards the brute creation, by the late Dr. Hawksworth. To which is now added the song of the race horse, &c.

  • Published/Created

    London : Printed for Edward Jeffery, in Pall-Mall, 1792.

  • Physical Description

    4 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 49 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Folio A 2007 9
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Full Alma Record

    https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9978357123408651

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    The plates are aquatints printed in sepia with etched titles. All bear imprint "Pubd. July 30, 1790 from Original Designs by T. Gooch, No. 4 Half Moon Street".
    Not recorded by ESTC.
    Caption title at head of p. 3 reads: Happiness properly estimated: or, Remarkable instances of cruelty to brutes.
    At foot of t.p.: Price 15s. in boards.
    Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 69
    Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p. 81.
    BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 20th century gilt-tooled red morocco, by Hatchards of London. Armorial bookplate with inscription "Ex libris Harry Twyford Peters" and motto "Veritas" on inside of upper board.

  • Subject Terms

    Etching -- Specimens -- 1792. |
    Hatchards (Firm) -- Binder. |
    Horses -- Early works to 1800. |
    Horses -- Pictorial works. |
    Jeffery, Edward -- Publisher. |
    Peters, Harry Twyford, 1881–1948 -- Bookplate. |
    Race horses -- Early works to 1800. |
    Race horses -- Pictorial works.

  • Form/Genre

    Aquatints -- 1792.

  • Contributors

    Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773.

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