JAMES POLLARD IO7 



coloured plates showing incidents of the great 

 steeplechase which came off in the Vale of 

 Aylesbury on February nth, 1836. This was a 

 sweepstakes of fifteen sovereigns each, and 100 

 sovereigns added ; eleven stone each ; fifteen 

 started. These contain portraits of the horses and 

 riders, and, according to the publisher's advertise- 

 ment, were engraved from paintings made on the 

 spot by the artist ; strict accuracy would doubtless 

 read " from paintings, the sketches for which were 

 made on the spot." Plate i shows The Start. 

 No. 2, The Brook, Mr. Galloway's The Amazon 

 clearing it, and Jerry fairly in, Yellow Dwarf down 

 on the landing side, and Cannon Ball scrambling 

 out. No. 3, the horses coming over a big bank 

 through underwood : Yellow Dwarf and Sailor are 

 down and The Pony leads. No. 4 shows The 

 Finish : Captain Lamb's Vivian ridden by Captain 

 Becker wins : Mr. Elmore's Grimaldi ridden by Mr. 

 Sefifert comes in second under the whip, and Mr. D. 

 Baring's The Pony, Mr. Cooper up, is a good third. 

 These plates measure each 24 inches by i2|- inches. 

 They were engraved by J. Harris and published in 

 1836 by Ackermann and Co., 96, Strand. 



The Royal Mail Leaving the G.P.O., St. 

 Martin's-le-Grand, was engraved by R. G. Reeve, 

 printed in colours and published in 1836 by W. 

 Soffe, 288, Strand ; size of plate, 24^ inches by i6f 

 inches. 



