STEEPLECHASING: THE START (ONE OF FOUR)
Creator(s): Henry Aiken (Artist)
On view in: Second Floor Library
About this object
This painting show the start of the race with eighteen jockeys dressed up in different colors and riding horses of different colors. They are grouped in the center of the canvas, facing to the left. The horses are at full gallop. A group of people and a white flag may be seen in the middle distance, and another group is to the far left. The background shows rolling country fields with leafless trees.
- Object name:
- STEEPLECHASING: THE START (ONE OF FOUR)
- Made from:
- Oil on canvas
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- 1849
- Size:
- 25.4 × 35.6 cm (10 × 14 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 51.20
- Class:
- PAINTING
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE on reverse: H. Alken 1849
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973