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How to Escape Losing   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: Thomas Rowlandson

Published by: S W Fores
Title
How to Escape Losing
Description
English: The three horses race in the opposite direction; the Prince's horse passes the next horse by a neck, the third is well behind. The Garter, inscribed 'Qu'en pensez vous', is now attached only to the horse's fore-leg, and no longer shackles him. But heavy weights are slung on the horse and round the neck of the jockey, Chifney, who looks with a cunning grimace towards the Prince, who stands (right) full-face, pointing over his shoulder towards his horse. In the distance are spectators on horse-back. 22 November 1791
Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Associated with: Samuel Chifney Jr
Date 1791
date QS:P571,+1791-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 272 millimetres
Width: 374 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
J,4.67
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) A companion print to BMSat 7918. A satire on the race of 21 Oct. 1791 which the Prince's horse Escape won, over a longer course than on the previous day and carrying a heavier weight. 'London Chronicle', 28 Oct. and 14 Nov. 1791. See BMSats 7918, 8071.

Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 297.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_J-4-67
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