Coronation Winner Of The Derby Stakes At Epsom 1841 Rode By P Conolly A Bay Horse Bred By And The

by After Charles Hancock

$2,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A fine equestrian portrait of the winner of The Derby at Epsom in 1841: Hancock's painting of racehorses... are excellent. The prints made from such pictures... are extremely fine Charles Lane . In the 1830s and and early 1840s Charles Hancock's paintings of horses came to the attention of the proprietor of The Sporting Magazine... and, more importantly, to Rudolph Ackermann in Regent Street. Hancock succeeded John Ferneley in supplying paintings of Derby and St Leger

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.