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The little jockey coming in at the winning post!!!
[London? : s.n., 1831?]
etching
image: 214 x 316 mm; sheet: 231 x 328 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.713
Notes
At head of image: Facta est alea--She was but a Foot yesterday, but she is Higher now.
Maria Foote and Lord Harrington were married on Apr. 7, 1831.
Maria Foote and Lord Harrington were married on Apr. 7, 1831.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Maria Foote armed with a riding crop astride a horse or mule with the profile of Lord Harrington. He is about to reach the post, whic is topped by an earl's coronet. In the dust of the animal's heels is a shoe labeled "The Col. Old Shoe."
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
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