Ca t a l og ue o f a n E x hibit io n o f O L D S P O R T I N G P R I N TS Colle c ted and for Sale by l\/I R BA SI L D I GHTO N L ondon 3 Sav i le R ow W Telephone 5 0 R egen t R D C I N L D English sporting prints are coming more and more of into vogue , the best them are being eagerly for ct sought by colle ors , and now that the necessities of commerce are changing the whole face of the country , a historical and antiquarian interest is added . of With the advent railways the old sporting print disappeared , of sporting centres gradually became within the reach all , and the individual charact er to a great extent departed . The change in costume had also an important effect and many curious and f interesting figures departed or ever . of Gone is posting , the coach has become the appanage the millionaire , and the old inns grow scarcer and scarcer . The luxury of modern times has not tended to increase the pict ur esque which is so evident in the early sporting prints . Moreover there is an amount of dash and go in the prints w hich is posi f t i v ely exhilarating . It seems as i both painter and engraver were alike en$oying the sport they portrayed , and this is espe i all f c y observable in the dra wings o Alken . What could be more ’ A l ken s of spirited than Something Slap , or his series Steeple n $ t wo n of on e chasi g Again , the pri ts the Elephant and Castle , f f . a ter Pollard and the other a ter S . J E . Jones , contain an of f ct amazing amount quaint and interesting episode . In a , every of sporting print contributes something interest or amusement , and the important collect ion which I am now exhibiti n g p ra c tically forms a history of English sport for the best part of a century . BASIL DIGHTON . ( I of of o f , The Prices any the Prints in the Exhibition or any of & c . Prints or Pieces Furniture , , in the house may be obtained on a pplication . ( IL All the Prints mentioned in this Catalogue are in Colour unless otherwise described . A CA TA L O GU E O F SPO R TI N G PR I N TS f - RETURNING FROM ASCOT RACES . A ter Cooper Hen d erson . by E Duncan . ELEPHANT AND CASTLE ON THE BRIGHTON f ROAD . A ter Pollard by Theodore Fielding . f . ELEPHANT AND CASTLE , NEWINGTON . A ter S J E R Jones by W . Smart and George Hunt . A Pair . of . f RACING Set 4 A ter Alken by Sutherland . WEIGHING AT IPSWICH . N o EPSOM PREPARI G T START . NN RU ING AT ASCOT . TRAINING AT NEWMARKET . ‘ T v f . THE BIRTHDAY E Al I . By and a ter Charles Hunt This R oA D S s . is the companion print to the TE R . A Pair THE ROADSTERS : companion print to the BIRTHDAY TEAM . lW il The New London Union a . With descriptive text . 7 1 8 1 N N NEWTON RACES , 3 , FYLDE BEATING HALSTO A D f RECOVERY FOR THE GOLD CU P . A ter Charles Towne by Charles ‘ Hunt . M P . of The Gold Cup given by Thomas Legh , Esq , , Lord the hd an or . f FOXHUNTING . Village Scenery in Hert ordshire (pair) . o N D N o H U s T . n O . e I GOI G COVER View ear ffl y . C Y w 2 . R . FULL Vie leading to Paul Waldens Park . By and after Wolstenholme . DONCASTER RACES . Representing the horses starting for the f Great St Leger Stakes . A ter Pollard by Smart and Hunt . f F GOODWOOD RACES . A ter Pollard by yall . V f COACHING : a iew on the Highgate Road . A ter James Pollard by C . Hunt . m . The London , Birmingha and Coventry Coach WEST COUNTRY MAILS AT THE GLOUCESTER f COFFEE HOUSE , PICCADILLY . A ter James Pollard by C . Rosenberg . f b . TOWN LANDAU . A ter Alken y Morton MAIL COACH IN A DRIFT OF SNOW . The London , f . York and Edinburgh Coach . A ter Pollard by G Reeve NO TIME TO SPARE FOR REFRESHMENT . OVER f . TAKEN BY THE OPPOSITION . A ter C . B Newhouse by J . Harris . I . 4 RED ROVER SOUTHAMPTON COACH . By Charles Hunt 8 f SOMETHING SLAP . A ter Alken by Charles Hunt . f A . ROYAL UMPIRE CO CH . London and Liverpool A ter Pollard by G . Hunt . N f SPORTING TANDEM . GOI G TO COVER . A ter Alken by Reeve . f . r MAIL COACH A ter J . L . A . by Dubou g . f . A HUNTING PHAETON . A ter Alken by C . Hunt A pair I . PREPARING TO START . 2 . N To GOI G COVER . ’ STAGE COACH ANECDOTES : Let em go and take care of f yourselves . A ter Alken . f QUICKSILVER ROYAL MAIL . A ter Pollard by Hunt . $ $ O l d r . Showing the toll gate , and the Sta and Garter Inn f r TAGLIONI WINDSOR COACH . A te James Pollard by v . R . G . Ree e f With a vignette O Madame Taglioni . f A MAIL IN DEEP SNOW . A ter James Pollard by George Hunt . f r . 2 4 TAGLIONI COACH . A ter Cooper Hende son by J Harris Windsor an d London coach . THE GO . f D own m a n GENUINE BANG UP . A ter Lieut . by John Clark . A pair . d . a n Aft ROYAL MAIL COACH Exeter London Coach . e r J a m e s Pollard . STAGE COACH AND OPPOSITION COACH IN SI GHT . London , Exeter and Plymouth . Drawn and engraved by James Pollard . f D own m an A TANDEM . A ter Lieut . by John Clark . A pair . f D o n m a n . w CURRICLE A ter Lieut by John Clark . ‘ f l vI A STAGE . A ter . E . by G . Hunt . The Dover and London coach . f DRIVING TANDEM . A ter M . E . by G . Hunt . f . TURNPIKE GATE . A ter Henderson by J . Harris G . ROYAL MAIL . By Hunt Aft er a m e s APPROACH TO C HR I STMA S. J Pollard by George Hunt . The Norwich Coach . PART R IDGE SHOOTING . f f . DUCK SHOOTING . Proo s be ore any letters A pair by and after A lken . 1 8 f of . ST ALBANS STEEPLECHASE . Set 4 A ter Pollard o . PREPARING T START By Reeve . t COMING INTO THE SECOND FIELD . By Charles Hunt . 0 0 DESPERATE STRUGGLE . Engraved by Charles Hunt . H B $ CAPT . BEECHEN AND T E CELE RATED HORSE GRIMALDI , taken on the Spot at the moment the latter fell dead after passing the winning post . E f r . SMO L N SKO . A te Sartorius by Wm Ward Mezzotint , printed in colours . W ki of 8 1 ows . By Sorcerer , his dam by Mentor out Maria In I 3, w on Tw o at Newmarket , he the Thousand Guineas Stakes . The next day he w on the Newm arket Stakes . He won the Derby on June 3 and the Magna Charta Stakes at Egham on August 2 5 . of f SHOOTING . Set 4 . A ter Wolstenholme by Reeve . 1 N O U : STARTI G T . 2 H N . WOODCOCK S OOTI G H N . 3. SPORTSMEN REFRES I G N U P . 4 . PACKI G SI R O H A f FILHO DA PUTA AND J S U . A ter Ben Marshall . r by Wm . Ward Mezzotint , printed in colou s . Two very celebrated horses . Filho da Puta was bred by Mr . F . H . 1 8 1 2 Morland in , and Sir Joshua by the Hon . R . Neville in the f same year . Both horses attained great ame . of . f HUNTING . Set 4 A ter Alken by Bentley . 1 . To GOING COVER . T 2 . HE LEAP . C Y 3 FULL R . THE . 4 . DEATH 2 8 . of . f SHOOTING Set 4 A ter Alken by Sutherland . 1 T . PHEASAN SHOOTING . 2 . WOODCOCK SHOOTING . H 3 INTERVAL FOR LUNC . 4 . PACKING U P . f ORVILLE A ter Chalon by William Ward . Mezzotint pri n ted in colours . r f 1 A b own horse , oa ed in 799 , w s bred y Ear Fitzwi i m l a b l ll a , B n in b oro u h O v l i e n e . and was got by y g g out Won the St . Leg er 1 8 0 1 0 in 3 and many other races up till 8 7 . f . M e z SIR DAVID A ter Chalon by William Ward z o t in t p r i n t e d in colours . h or e s , d f 1 8 0 1 A brown bred by Lor Stowell , oaled in , got by TRUMPETER , his dam Woodpecker , grandam , own sister to b y f wo n Driver , Trentham , a amous horse who numerous r aces 1 0 1 between the years 8 3 and 8 0 8 . A FALSE ALARM ON THE ROAD TO GRETNA $ only the Mail . O ur ONE MILE FROM GRETNA . governor in Sight , with a b . f . screw loose . A pair a ter C B Newhouse V R Reeves f SCOTTISH ELECTION . A ter Newhouse by Rosenberg . A Pair . 1 R H T o H . ESCO TING T E RIVAL CANDIDATES T E PLACE OF NOMINATION .