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Sharke

Ref: P/10640 < >

Physical Attributes
Technique: Stipple with etching
Colour: Printed in colour
Dimensions: 147 x 197 mm

Production
Artist: George Stubbs
Engraver: George Townley Stubbs
Publisher(s): Orme, Edward
Published by: Edward Orme
Date: 1817

Galleries
Print Series: Stubbs's Racehorse Portraits
Sporting: Racehorses

Bibliographic References
Lennox-Boyd: 111.3

George Stubbs's portrait of the famous racehorse Sharke who served at stud in Virginia and "did as much to enhance the value of the bloodstock of the United States as any horse ever imported" ("American Turf Register" [1830], vol. V, p.173). Stipple engaved with etching by his son George Townley Stubbs and printed in colour. This is the third and final state, published by Edward Orme in 1817.

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Antique Stipple with etching - "Sharke" by G T Stubbs after G Stubbs published 1817 by Edward Orme.