Racing

1811

Thomas Rowlandson

Associated Names
Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

The image shows a horse racing scene from an elevated point of view. The landscape shows hills meeting the sky with trees and a red building in the distance. Multiple jockeys on horseback are racing on a dirt track, with other horses and carts also participating. The painting uses brushwork typical of early 19th-century illustrations, with clear outlines and flat areas of color in green, yellow, blue, and earth tones. In the background, crowds are gathered around tents and a stand. The sky is depicted with pastel hues and stylized, curvilinear clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.5 × 37.1 cm (9 5/8 × 14 5/8 in.)
    mount: 35 × 54.6 cm (13 3/4 × 21 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.315

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Grego 1880, Vol. II, no. 231

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Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1880

  • Grego, Joseph. Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures. 2 vols. London: Chattoand Windus, 1880. Reprint. New York: Collector's Editions, 1970.

Wikidata ID

Q65025972

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