Aquatint, Lithograph, and the Instant · The Sporting Print
“Coronation”, Winner at Epsom, 1841
John Harris after Charles Hancock, 1841 · hand-coloured aquatint with varnish
What it is
Coronation stands square with his jockey up, in John Harris’s hand-coloured aquatint after Charles Hancock; the lettering records that he was ridden by P. Conolly.
Why it matters
Hancock (about 1800–1877) specialised in equestrian sporting scenes, and his portraits of the Epsom winners were engraved for the print shops.
What to notice
The lettering under the plate gives the breeding: got by Sir Hercules.
Crowned in his year.
Provenance
- Maker
- John Harris after Charles Hancock, 1841
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The String at Full Stretch
- Medium
- hand-coloured aquatint with varnish
- Made
- 1841
- Horse
- Coronation
- Figure
- P. Conolly
- Source
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection · via Wikimedia Commons · B1985.36.450
Publicity
Clear — the historic British turf (the Victorian jockeys, the Vanity Fair subjects): a long-deceased figure with no post-mortem right of publicity in play. Sold as history, freely and openly.
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: Licensed-PD-Art|PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1865|Cc-zero. The maker died in 1882.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 27x41" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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Elsewhere in the family
- The Links — the other morning religion.
- Painted Lineage — the bloodline, beside the family line.
- Painted Earth — home ground as a period map.