Cheltenham Annual Grand Steeple Chase Engravings, Laird

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Category

Equestrian Racing

Artwork, Paintings and Prints

Reference

29417

Cheltenham Horse Racing Engravings.
A rare set of four mid-19th century aquatint etchings with printed colours and finished by hand. The set is of the Cheltenham Annual Grand Steeple Chase after Charles Hunt and published by I.W. Laird in 1841. The etchings are Plate 1 'The Start', Plate 2 'Frogmill Brook', Plate 3 'The Brook Forded' and Plate 4 'Coming In', all with the list of jockeys, horses and their silk colours.

Print details:- Cheltenham Annual Grand Steeplechase dedicated by special permission of Lord Segrave the Umpire by his Lordship's obedient Servant I W Laird. Published London 1841 by I.W. Laird, Leadenhall Street.
All four Cheltenham race pictures are in their original maple frames but have been removed, cleaned, new mounts and reassembled with new back boards.

Size shown is for each individual picture.

The Cheltenham Races is one of the most prestigious horse racing events and was first run in 1834. Cheltenham's Grand Annual Chase predates one of the other famous horse racing events, 'The Grand National', by five years and is the oldest race still running today.

Dimensions:

Height 40 cm / 15 "

Width 59.5 cm / 23 "

Framed height 63 cm / 25"

Framed width 79 cm / 31 ¹⁄₄"

Framed depth 2.5 cm / 1"

Period

1800-1849

Year

Mid 19th Century

Medium

Engraving