Title:
Going to Epsom Races : a ludicrious amusement, consisting of modern costume, characters, dandies, equipages, and horsemanship.
Published / Created:

London : Published by S. & J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, 34 Rathbone Place, 1819.

Physical Description:
1 print on 4 joined sheets : aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 6 x 180 cm, rolled (in wooden case) to 6 x 4 cm (scroll format)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF335.G7 E67 1819a Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:

Attributed to Henry Alken.

Title and imprint from engraved circular label affixed to the reverse of the sheet.

A variant issue is described in Abbey (Life 472), with title: Epsom Races : the Derby Day. The variant is accordion-folded.

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 472

BAC: British Art Center copy is in the original boxwood drum. Uncolored.

Subject Terms:
Epsom Derby, England (Horse race) -- Pictorial works. | Horse racing -- England. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1819. | Panoramas. | Scrolls -- England -- 19th century.
Contributors:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851, attributed name. | S. and J. Fuller, publisher.