Yale Center for British Art

Title:
[Road to Ascot] [graphic].
Alternate Title(s):
His Majesty George the Fourth descending from his carriage into the Royal Stand at Ascot Races
Published / Created:
[London] : [s.n.], [1820]
Physical Description:
1 print on 3 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 8 x 442 cm, rolled to 13 x 8 cm (scroll format)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF335.G7 R63 1820 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Title and date of publication from Abbey.

Numbered in sections 1 to 27.

Issued in boxwood drum, with illustrated title: His Majesty George the Fourth descending from his carriage into the Royal Stand at Ascot Races.

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 480

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Enclosed in original wooden drum.
Subject Terms:
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830. | Royal Ascot (Event) -- Pictorial works. | Horse races -- England. | Horse racing -- England. | Racetracks (Horse racing)
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1820. | Panoramas -- England -- Ascot. | Scrolls -- England -- 19th century. | Views -- England -- Ascot.