First Steeple Chase on Record - Accomplished Smashers, aquatint, 1865.

"The First Steeple-Chace on Record. The last field near Nacton Heath.Accomplished Smashers - & a run upon the Bank" etched by J.Harris after a picture by Henry Alken, aquatint with full original hand colour, published in 1865 by Ben Brookes. Slight age browning, remains of old mount tape just around the very edge of the thick paper. Size 37 x 33 cms including titles, plus margins. Ref F3726