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1. Fores's racing envelope [graphic].

Creator:: Leech, John, 1817-1864, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1840]
Call Number:: 841.00.00.29
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Number five in a series of prints published by Fores that parodies the infamous Mulready stationery released by the British Post Office in 1840. Each of the prints is numbered and centers on a different theme, e.g. Fores's comic envelopes, Fores's musical envelope, Fores's alderman envelopes, Fores's hunting envelopes, etc
Description:: Other prints in the series attributed to John Leech and dated 1840. See British Museum onlne catalogue., Title from text above image., and "No. 5".
Publisher:: Published by Messrs. Fores at their sporting & fine print repository & frame manufactury, 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Name):: Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
Subject (Topic):: Gambling, Horse racing, Postal stationery, Race horses, and Race tracks
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Fores's racing envelope [graphic].

2. The humours of a foreign race course [graphic]

Published / Created:: [1830?]
Call Number:: 830.00.00.125+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: Published by G. Fores, No. 5, Ball Alley, Lombard Street and Printed by C. Hullmandel
Subject (Topic):: Jockeys, Horse racing, Racing, Racetracks, and Sports spectators
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The humours of a foreign race course [graphic]

3. Longwhiskers against Longwaist for the Craven Steaks [graphic].

Published / Created:: [June 1826]
Call Number:: 826.06.00.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A bearded man in a riding habit with a top hat races against a dustman with a brush in his hand who rides a donkey. A crowd on the left cheer them on.
Description:: Title from text above image., Eight lines of verse below image: Since jockeying the general's now all the rage, to escape from the panic, levanters are sage ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 1826, by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):: Audiences, Horse racing, Riding habits, and Social classes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Longwhiskers against Longwaist for the Craven Steaks [graphic].

4. Going it! [graphic]

Creator:: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:: Novr. 24 1824.
Call Number:: 824.11.24.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A similar scene to BM Satires 14721, with awkward, exhibitionist, and dandified riders in place of carriages; one pedestrian, a lady, is in the foreground (right). Legs are thrust forward, toes turned out, down, or up. A man gallops holding one rein and an eye-glass with studied negligence, his left hand in his trouser pocket. Beside him is a lady, turning in her saddle to look through an eye-glass; a long green veil streams from her bell-shaped top-hat. A horse falls on its head, the falling man is taking snuff. Two dogs fight in the foreground. There are heavy clouds."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Pubd. by G. Humphrey 24 St. James's St.
Subject (Topic):: Horse racing and Horses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Going it! [graphic]

5. Symptoms of training, or, R- method of colt-breaking [graphic].

Creator:: Heath, William, 1795-1840, attributed name
Published / Created:: [22 April 1821]
Call Number:: Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "George IV (right) offers a purse to a pretty young woman in evening dress of theatrical type (right). Through a window (or in a picture) is seen a large signpost, pointing (left) to 'Chester' and (right) to 'Virginia Water' (the Cottage); behind is a race, two jockeys nearing the winning post (right). A large Chinese jar stands on the floor filled with flowers."--British Museum online catalogue and "An early allusion to Eliza Chester, b. 1799, a pretty actress who fascinated the King and according to Huish was appointed Reader to him at £600 p.a."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: R- method of colt-breaking, Royal method of colt-breaking, and A la Chester-field
Description:: Title etched below image., Text above image: A la Chester-field., Tentative attribution to William Heath from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Five lines of dialogue etched below title: Man, Delightfull [sic] task to rear the tender thought to teach the young idea how to shoot, to pour the fresh Instruction on the mind, to breath [sic] the enlivening spirit, & thus to aid the generous purpose in the glowing breast. Woman, Indeed, indeed, the temptation is so great, the prospect so flattering tis my ambition, not my will consents., Text at bottom of plate: Plate 1st a series of these subjects will be continued to exhibit the force of example above precept, & to shew the principles of morality emonates [sic] from Great Qui Capet Ille habet., Watermark: G. Pike 1820., Window mounted to 34.3 x 23.9 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 66 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Miss Chester" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "22 Ap. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:: Pub. Apl. 22, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Chester, Eliza, 1799-
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Actresses, British, Purses, Couches, Draperies, Windows, Horse racing, and Traffic signs & signals
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Symptoms of training, or, R- method of colt-breaking [graphic].

6. Dissatisfied [graphic]

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 August 1821]
Call Number:: 821.08.01.06
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Two men on horseback race from the left. The horse on the back has stumbled. A signpost reads "No throughfare". Behind a gate, a man in a smock looks on.
Description:: Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Published Aug. 1st, 1821 by Thomas McLean, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):: Horse racing, Horseback riding, and Horses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Dissatisfied [graphic]

7. Displeas'd [graphic]

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: [1 August 1821]
Call Number:: 821.08.01.02
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Displeased
Description:: Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Published Aug. 1st, 1821 by Thomas McLean, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):: Horse racing and Horses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Displeas'd [graphic]

8. Match against time, or, Wood beats blood and bone [graphic].

Published / Created:: [17 April 1819]
Call Number:: Folio 75 W87 807 v.5
Collection Title:: V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A horse and rider race a bicyclist as spectators cheer
Alternative Title:: Wood beats blood and bone
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: This famous hobby was bred in Germany, after winning every thing there was shiped [sic] for Long Acre, patronized by the dandies and is now expected to out run all the first blood on the turf., Plate numbered "344" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 55 in volume 5.
Publisher:: Pub. April 17, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):: Bicycles & tricycles, Horse racing, Horses, Racing, and Spectators
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Match against time, or, Wood beats blood and bone [graphic].

9. Match against time, or, Wood beats blood and bone [graphic].

Published / Created:: [17 April 1819]
Call Number:: 819.04.17.02+
Collection Title:: V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A horse and rider race a bicyclist as spectators cheer
Alternative Title:: Wood beats blood and bone
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: This famous hobby was bred in Germany, after winning every thing there was shiped [sic] for Long Acre, patronized by the dandies and is now expected to out run all the first blood on the turf., Plate numbered "344" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1824.
Publisher:: Pub. April 17, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):: Bicycles & tricycles, Horse racing, Horses, Racing, and Spectators
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Match against time, or, Wood beats blood and bone [graphic].