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Curteis, Edward Barrett ( -1838)
Curteis, Edward Barrett, d.1838.Date: 1823-1826Reference: MS.1981
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Three bookmakers (representing British politicians) are watching a horserace in which three horses are neck and neck. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 September 1889.
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.Date: 7 September 1889Reference: 564957i
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Singapore: a stubborn horse at the start of Singapore racecourse. Pen and ink drawing by J. Taylor, 1881.
Taylor, J. E. (John Edmund), active 1860-1885.Date: 1881Reference: 32521iPart of: Sketches in the Malay archipelago. Album of watercolours and photographs made and collected by J.E. Taylor.
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Kuching, Sarawak: view of the racecourse. Photograph.
Reference: 30157i
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Singapore: two race-going celebrities talk as a race horse is ridden past them. Pen and ink drawing by J. Taylor, 1881.
Taylor, J. E. (John Edmund), active 1860-1885.Date: 1881Reference: 32544iPart of: Sketches in the Malay archipelago. Album of watercolours and photographs made and collected by J.E. Taylor.
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Singapore: a police officer clearing two race-goers from the racecourse. Pen and ink drawing by J. Taylor, 1881.
Taylor, J. E. (John Edmund), active 1860-1885.Date: 1881Reference: 32537iPart of: Sketches in the Malay archipelago. Album of watercolours and photographs made and collected by J.E. Taylor.- Pictures
The Circus of Flaminius (or Circus Flaminius), Rome: reconstruction of its unruined state. Line engraving by N. Beatrizet, 1552, after P. Ligorio.
Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583.Date: [1552]Reference: 2977750i
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British politicians gambling at Ascot. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 14 June 1884.
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.Date: 14 June 1884Reference: 565105i
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The Midlothian campaign of 1879-80; a horserace between Lord Rosebery riding a horse with the face of Gladstone (the Liberal candidate) and Benjamin Disraeli riding a horse with the face of Lord Dalkeith (the Conservative candidate). Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.
Mantrop, J. Bert.Date: 1879/1880Reference: 568581iPart of: Victorian album of political satires.
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The Green Mountain Vegetable Ointment is a positive remedy for ague in face, swelled breasts ...
Date: 1897- Pictures
Participants in the "Great Match": the horses belonging to the Earl of Eglinton and the Earl of Zetland. Coloured lithograph after H. Hall, ca. 1851.
Hall, Harry, 1813-1882.Date: [1851?]Reference: 2491244i
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Kuching, Sarawak: horses being mounted in the racecourse paddock. Photograph.
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A horse race. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1850.
Hall, Harry, 1813-1882.Date: [1850?]Reference: 2491247i
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A warning against sexually transmitted diseases: in a three-horse race watched by Death, syphilis is about to overtake tuberculosis, while cancer comes third. Colour lithograph by E.-C. Jodelet, 1926.
Jodelet, Emmanuel-Charles, 1883-1973.Date: [1926]Reference: 545733i
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Lord Rosebery as a racehorse-owner conversing with his trainer (William Patrick Adam) about the prospects of a horse ridden by Gladstone, dressed as a jockey. Engraving after L. Sambourne, ca. 1880.
Sambourne, Linley, 1844-1910.Date: 1880Reference: 568556iPart of: Victorian album of political satires.- Books
Heart Foundation Day : Sept 28th 1973 / [Ascot Racecourse].
Ascot Racecourse (Firm)Date: 1973
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Two episodes about Mr. Muff and Mr. Randle at the races and being swindled out of some money. Letterpress and wood engraving.
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The St Leger horse race. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1850.
Hall, Harry, 1813-1882.Date: [1850?]Reference: 2491246i- Pictures
Three men face three thin pedestals on which stand a figure with a cross, a man with a red cap and a block inscribed 'republic' in a field in which stand tents beyond which is a horse race. Lithograph, 1845.
Date: 1845Reference: 643500i- Pictures
Key to the participants in the "Great Match": the horses belonging to the Earl of Eglinton and the Earl of Zetland. Line block after H. Hall, ca. 1851.
Hall, Harry, 1813-1882.Date: [1851]Reference: 2491245i
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Crowds watching horses approach the finishing line of the Derby. Wood engraving by A.F. Pannemaker after G. Doré.
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883.Date: 1872Reference: 34571i- Pictures
Three men racing on horseback are chased by a black figure with a spear on a race course watched by a crowd of people. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 588934i
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Above, two horses and their riders are approaching the finishing post in a race at Newmarket, eagerly awaited by a crowd; below, grooms and horses taking their exercises on a field outside the town of Newmarket. Chromolithograph after E. F. Burney and J. Bodger after J. Wootton.
Wootton, John, approximately 1682-1764.Date: 10 January 1891Reference: 41373i
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Hong Kong: the racecourse. Photograph, 1873 by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
Floyd, William Pryor.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 29706iPart of: Places in South China, Hong Kong, Macao and Japan. Photographs by William Pryor Floyd, ca. 1873.- Books
The history and delineation of the horse, in all his varieties. Comprehending the appropriate uses, management, and progressive improvement of each; with a particular investigation of the character of the race-horse, and the business of the turf ; illustrated by anecdotes and biographical notices of distinguished sportsmen ; the engravings from original paintings. With instructions for breeding, breaking, training, and the general management of the horse, both in a state of health and of disease / By John Lawrence.
Lawrence, John, 1753-1839.Date: 1809