Sport, Racehorse, Attila, Epsom, Derby Stakes, John Harris III, 1842, Giclee

Attila, Breed by Colonel Hancox, Winner of the Derby, 1842, Attila Winner of the Derby Stakes at Epsom 1842, Ridden by W. Scott. Attila - bred in 1839, was got by Colwick, out of progress, by Langar, dam by Blacklock- Grandam by Knowsley, out of Surveyor”

Archival Limited Edition Giclee /150 after antique hand coloured aquatint etching by John Harris III (1811-1865). 

Size = 31 x 41.5cm (12.3 x 16.6 in)

John Harris III (1811-1865) An accomplished aquatint etcher/engraver born in London in 1811, who specialized in sporting and military subjects after his contemporaries. the son of John Harris II (an illustrator & watercolourist who was also a lithographer)

W. S. Fores, Publisher : W.S.Fores & Co was established in 1873, employed the aquatint technique extensively, and was where Harris spent most of his working life.