Descriptive
Print
Print of a horse racing scene. The entire image is contained within a large black circle that mimics a record. The black circle has a light white and grey border around the edge. Around the inside edge in gold font reads "The Winner / Guaranteed Genuine / British Manufacture". In the top half is a color scene of a jockey in a yellow and red uniform on his brown horse about to cross the finish line. There is the head of a horse coming in behind him from the left. At the bottom right is a man in a black suit and top hat facing the race. In the background to the left is a crowd of people in front of a building. There is a blue and white area made to look like a sticker that covers the back of the winning horse. In blue it reads "Copyright / London / Half Penny". The bottom half is all black with gold text that reads "982 / Brit. Pat. 1912 / Christmas Bells / Descriptive / 2503/ It Wins". Signed in pencil 1979 edition 52/75.
1983.9.1
Ackerman Foundation
1983.9
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wunsch (through the Martin S. Ackerman Foundation)
John Furnival
John Vince
1979
20th Century
Paper
27-1/4 in
20-3/8 in
BlackBlueGreenYellowOrangeBrownGoldWhite

