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Introduction Of British Sports Into Cyprus

Wood Engraving
1879 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wood engraving, lettered with title, and 'Pony Race By Native Police At Larnaca'. Double page from an issue of 'The Graphic', May 3, 1879, pp.440-1. Signed and dated 'Walter C. Horsley 79', also signed 'H. Harral, Sc.'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Introduction Of British Sports Into Cyprus (series title)
  • Pony Race By Native Police At Larnaca (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving
Brief description
Wood engraving by Horace Harral, after a drawing by Walter Charles Horsley, entitled 'Pony Race By Native Police At Larnaca' or 'Introduction Of British Sports Into Cyprus', a plate from 'The Graphic', published in Britain, May 3, 1879.
Physical description
Wood engraving, lettered with title, and 'Pony Race By Native Police At Larnaca'. Double page from an issue of 'The Graphic', May 3, 1879, pp.440-1. Signed and dated 'Walter C. Horsley 79', also signed 'H. Harral, Sc.'.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.329

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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