Sujet

Prize plate, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Prize plate, 1844. Horseracing trophy given as a prize at Goodwood Racecourse: '...the touching legend of Llewellyn, who, having met his hound Gelert covered with blood, concludes that he has destroyed his child, and plunges his sword in his heart; the fact subsequently proving that the hound had saved the life of the child, by destroying a wolf, with whose blood he is covered; which wolf, but for the courage and fidelity of the dog, would have killed the infant. The group includes a horse, Llewellyn embracing his child, the dying dog, and the dead wolf'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM21A07_414

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,2Mo (2,5Mo) / 32,3cm x 42,0cm / 3817 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal people sport animals horses horse dog dogs British prize race Victorian century Britain trophy racing newspapers press horse racing concept TRAGEDY B&W race course horseracing racecourse tragic 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN horse-racing newspaper engraving Unknown Goodwood Racecourse