Thomas Rowlandson

Brighton Races



Thomas Rowlandson - Brighton Races



Thomas Rowlandson
Brighton Races
204 x 292 mm
Pen, ink and watercolour on paper
Engraved
Reproduced as an aquatint titled RACE GROUND in 1790, as part of the series Excursion to Brighthelmstone (see fig. 1)

This drawing is one of several racing scenes by Rowlandson dateable to around 1790, principally of Epsom or Brighton.
Sale Bonhams, London, 17 December 2020


Provenance

Collection of Georges Dormeuil (1856-1939), Paris (Frits Lugt no. 1146a)
sale Bonhams, London, 17 December 2020, nr. 33

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