ECLIPSE

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Artist/Maker	Stubbs, George (painter) Scott (engraver)
Place of origin	London (printed and published)

'ECLIPSE'. Dark-coloured racehorse, with markings of a blaze on its face and a stocking on its right hind leg, viewed in profile. The horse has a plaited mane and is wearing a racing saddle and bridle. A man in a long coat holds the horse's reins as a jockey walks towards the horse.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	ECLIPSE
Materials and techniques	Engraving print on paper Paper Printing Ink Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description	'ECLIPSE'. Dark-coloured racehorse, with markings of a blaze on its face and a stocking on its right hind leg, viewed in profile. Engraving print on paper. After a painting by George Stubbs. Engraved by Scott. Published by J. Pittman, London. 1823.
Physical description	'ECLIPSE'. Dark-coloured racehorse, with markings of a blaze on its face and a stocking on its right hind leg, viewed in profile. The horse has a plaited mane and is wearing a racing saddle and bridle. A man in a long coat holds the horse's reins as a jockey walks towards the horse.
Dimensions	Of sheet height: 13.4cm Of sheet width: 17.5cm Of image height: 10cm Of image width: 14.1cm Measured by DH 29/07/2010
Marks and inscriptions	ECLIPSE. (Title, centre below image.) Stubbs Pinx. (Below bottom-left corner of image.) Scott Sct. (Below bottom-right corner of image.) Published Feby. 28. 1823 by J. Pittman Warwick Square,London. (Centre, below title.)
Subjects depicted	Racehorse Men Jockey
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.873-1896

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O915977/eclipse-print-stubbs-george/

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