Sotheby's: The Ingram Collection - Drawings from the Collection of the late Michael Ingram: Lot 173
THOMAS ROWLANDSON 1756-1827
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BRIGHTON RACES
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22.5 by 31 cm., 8 3/4 by 12 1/4 in.
pen and black and grey ink with watercolour over pencil
ENGRAVED:
in aquatint for Brighton: Its History, Its Follies and Its Fashions, Chapman & Hall, 1790
PROVENANCE
The Squire Gallery, London, from whom purchased by Sir Bruce Ingram (L.1405a)
EXHIBITED
Ludlow Festival, 1983
NOTE
Rowlandson visited Brighton with Henry Wigstead in 1789. The racecourse is situated on the Downs and, in Rowlandson's watercolour, the sea can be seen in the distance. Four horses are nearing the winning post and both sides of the course are crowded with numerous spectators in vehicles, on horseback and on foot. A cheering crowd also fills the stand at the finish
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Catalog Information
Auction House
Sotheby's
Auction Title
The Ingram Collection - Drawings from the Collection of the late Michael Ingram
Auction Date
2005
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