Aquatint, Lithograph, and the Instant · The Sporting Print
The London-Manchester Stage Coach, “The Peveril of the Peak”
James Pollard, 1835 · oil on canvas
What it is
The London to Manchester stage coach, the Peveril of the Peak, stands outside the Peacock Inn at Islington with passengers crowding the roof, painted by James Pollard in 1835.
Why it matters
The coach shared its name with Walter Scott’s longest novel, published in 1823 and set partly in the Peak District.
What to notice
The peacock sign hangs above the door, and the wheels are the brightest red in the picture.
Every seat taken, north.
Provenance
- Maker
- James Pollard, 1835
- Era
- The Georgian Turf (1750–1837)
- Chapter
- The String at Full Stretch
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Made
- 1835
- Source
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection · 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-100-1923|deathyear=1867. The maker died in 1867.
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 18x24" 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.