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- Title:
Brighton Races
- Date:
- 1805
- Medium:
- Watercolor, pen and gray ink, gouache, and graphite with scratching out on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 1/4 × 26 3/4 inches (51.4 × 67.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, center: "Brighton Races | John Nixon | 1805.
Signed and dated in pen and black ink, lower left: "J Nixon | 1805"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6235
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- genre subject | horses (animals) | races | sporting art
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11159
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