Aquatint, Lithograph, and the Instant · The Sporting Print
Andover, Winner at Epsom, 1854
after Harry Hall, 1854 · aquatint
What it is
Andover stands with his jockey up on open heath while other horses exercise behind, an aquatint after Harry Hall published on 15 August 1854.
Why it matters
The lettering names Andover as the joint property of John Gully and Henry Padwick, bred in 1851 by Bay Middleton, trained by J. Day; 27 of 217 subscribers started.
What to notice
Hall was the foremost racehorse portraitist of his time, and his horses already look more modern than the plates of the 1830s.
Eight wins from ten, then Russia.
Provenance
- Maker
- after Harry Hall, 1854
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The String at Full Stretch
- Medium
- aquatint
- Made
- 1854
- Horse
- Andover
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (published aquatint, 1854) · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Wikimedia Commons licence tag, read 2026-11-01: PD-Art|PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1882. The maker died in 1882.
Format
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Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
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