Primary Artist

Thomas Balcombe (1810–1861)

Title

The first leap.

Date made

1844

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; hand-coloured

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'THE FIVE-DOCK GRAND STEEPLE-CHASE, 1844. / N_o 1 THE FIRST LEAP.' Printed lower left below image, 'Mr Gorrich on British Yeoman'. Printed lower centre below image, 'Mr Watt on Highflier'. Printed lower right below image, 'Mr Hely on Block'.

Matrix size

32.9 x 47.3 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Legacy id

152245

Creators

Winstanley, Edward W. | (1820–1849) Australian | English | Male | artist

Balcombe, Thomas. | (1810–1861) Australian | British | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013