Ascot: the Start of the Hunt Cup

Details

Lionel Edwards (1878-1966)
Ascot: the Start of the Hunt Cup
signed 'Lionel Edwards' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
12 x 20 in. (30.5 x 50.8 cm.)

Literature

B.W.R. Curling, British Racecourses, London, 1951, illustrated opposite p. 1.

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Lot Essay

Ascot is the only racecourse in England which belongs to the Crown, founded by Queen Anne in 1711. The present work depicts the Start of the Hunt Cup, a race which dates back to 1843. In 1825 George IV instituted the Royal Procession which now sweeps through the Golden Gates and onto the Hunt Cup course.

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