Racehorse 'Crucifix' - Joseph Rogerson / Henry S. Beckwith - 1840
Beautiful engraving published by Joseph Rogerson - 1837-1848 (fl.) - publisher/printer; British; Male - 24 Norfolk Street, Strand, London (1842-48)
Biography: Print publisher, probably as Rogerson & Tuxford (q.v.) from c.1854, though this may have been a successor.
Engraver & Printmaker - Henry S. Beckwith – 1830-1900 (fl.)
Reproductive engraver, also worked in watercolour. Brief period in New York 1842/3. Brother-in-law of the English watercolorist and engraver. Francis Topham (1808-1877).
Crucifix (1837–1857) was an undefeated, Classic Race winning, British-bred Thoroughbred race mare. She was also the dam of three sires who had a great influence on the breed.
Crucifix was a bay filly foaled in 1837, by The Derby winner, Priam; her dam was the then 21-year-old, Octaviana by Octavian. Her breeder was George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield. Crucifix was a sister to Chesterfield, who sired the stakes-winner, The Hero. Her sire, Priam, also sired The Oaks winners Miss Letty and Industry before he was sold for 3,500 guineas and exported in 1837 to Virginia in the United States.
The powerful racing figure, Lord George Bentinck, bought Crucifix as a foal at foot with her 22-year-old dam for 65 guineas. At maturity, Crucifix stood nearly 16 hands high, with her body being described as "wiry", and she possessed a temperamental disposition.
In her three starts as a three-year-old, Crucifix won the Two Thousand Guineas, One Thousand Guineas and Epsom Oaks. The false starts resorted to at the start of the Oaks lasted about an hour, and it took about 15 attempts to get the 15 runners started. As a result of these tactics to defeat favourites, Lord George introduced reforms to inhibit this practice. Welfare ran second to Crucifix and she, too, was by Priam. After the running of the Oaks, Crucifix pulled up lame, and was retired with earnings of £10,287.
Crucifix became the shortest odds winner of the 1,000 Guineas when she was 1/10 odds on. She was also the first of only four horses to ever win both the 1,000 Guineas and the 2,000 Guineas in the same year, when the two races were run two days apart. In her dead-heat in the Criterion Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse and her win in the Oaks Stakes at Epsom, Crucifix defeated the good mare Pocahontas and others on each occasion.
Lovely Engraving, has some foxing and blemishes but otherwise in good order. Ornate border mount included. Pricing and grading commensurate.
Beautiful engraving published by Joseph Rogerson - 1837-1848 (fl.) - publisher/printer; British; Male - 24 Norfolk Street, Strand, London (1842-48)
Biography: Print publisher, probably as Rogerson & Tuxford (q.v.) from c.1854, though this may have been a successor.
Engraver & Printmaker - Henry S. Beckwith – 1830-1900 (fl.)
Reproductive engraver, also worked in watercolour. Brief period in New York 1842/3. Brother-in-law of the English watercolorist and engraver. Francis Topham (1808-1877).
Crucifix (1837–1857) was an undefeated, Classic Race winning, British-bred Thoroughbred race mare. She was also the dam of three sires who had a great influence on the breed.
Crucifix was a bay filly foaled in 1837, by The Derby winner, Priam; her dam was the then 21-year-old, Octaviana by Octavian. Her breeder was George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield. Crucifix was a sister to Chesterfield, who sired the stakes-winner, The Hero. Her sire, Priam, also sired The Oaks winners Miss Letty and Industry before he was sold for 3,500 guineas and exported in 1837 to Virginia in the United States.
The powerful racing figure, Lord George Bentinck, bought Crucifix as a foal at foot with her 22-year-old dam for 65 guineas. At maturity, Crucifix stood nearly 16 hands high, with her body being described as "wiry", and she possessed a temperamental disposition.
In her three starts as a three-year-old, Crucifix won the Two Thousand Guineas, One Thousand Guineas and Epsom Oaks. The false starts resorted to at the start of the Oaks lasted about an hour, and it took about 15 attempts to get the 15 runners started. As a result of these tactics to defeat favourites, Lord George introduced reforms to inhibit this practice. Welfare ran second to Crucifix and she, too, was by Priam. After the running of the Oaks, Crucifix pulled up lame, and was retired with earnings of £10,287.
Crucifix became the shortest odds winner of the 1,000 Guineas when she was 1/10 odds on. She was also the first of only four horses to ever win both the 1,000 Guineas and the 2,000 Guineas in the same year, when the two races were run two days apart. In her dead-heat in the Criterion Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse and her win in the Oaks Stakes at Epsom, Crucifix defeated the good mare Pocahontas and others on each occasion.
Lovely Engraving, has some foxing and blemishes but otherwise in good order. Ornate border mount included. Pricing and grading commensurate.
Beautiful engraving published by Joseph Rogerson - 1837-1848 (fl.) - publisher/printer; British; Male - 24 Norfolk Street, Strand, London (1842-48)
Biography: Print publisher, probably as Rogerson & Tuxford (q.v.) from c.1854, though this may have been a successor.
Engraver & Printmaker - Henry S. Beckwith – 1830-1900 (fl.)
Reproductive engraver, also worked in watercolour. Brief period in New York 1842/3. Brother-in-law of the English watercolorist and engraver. Francis Topham (1808-1877).
Crucifix (1837–1857) was an undefeated, Classic Race winning, British-bred Thoroughbred race mare. She was also the dam of three sires who had a great influence on the breed.
Crucifix was a bay filly foaled in 1837, by The Derby winner, Priam; her dam was the then 21-year-old, Octaviana by Octavian. Her breeder was George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield. Crucifix was a sister to Chesterfield, who sired the stakes-winner, The Hero. Her sire, Priam, also sired The Oaks winners Miss Letty and Industry before he was sold for 3,500 guineas and exported in 1837 to Virginia in the United States.
The powerful racing figure, Lord George Bentinck, bought Crucifix as a foal at foot with her 22-year-old dam for 65 guineas. At maturity, Crucifix stood nearly 16 hands high, with her body being described as "wiry", and she possessed a temperamental disposition.
In her three starts as a three-year-old, Crucifix won the Two Thousand Guineas, One Thousand Guineas and Epsom Oaks. The false starts resorted to at the start of the Oaks lasted about an hour, and it took about 15 attempts to get the 15 runners started. As a result of these tactics to defeat favourites, Lord George introduced reforms to inhibit this practice. Welfare ran second to Crucifix and she, too, was by Priam. After the running of the Oaks, Crucifix pulled up lame, and was retired with earnings of £10,287.
Crucifix became the shortest odds winner of the 1,000 Guineas when she was 1/10 odds on. She was also the first of only four horses to ever win both the 1,000 Guineas and the 2,000 Guineas in the same year, when the two races were run two days apart. In her dead-heat in the Criterion Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse and her win in the Oaks Stakes at Epsom, Crucifix defeated the good mare Pocahontas and others on each occasion.
Lovely Engraving, has some foxing and blemishes but otherwise in good order. Ornate border mount included. Pricing and grading commensurate.
Code : A818
Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher: Joseph Rogerson / Henry S. Beckwith
Date : Publication Place / Date - Circa 1840
Size : Sheet size: approx 24 x 16 Cm
Availability : Available
Type - Genuine - Antique
Grading B+
Where Applicable - Folds as issued. Light box photo shows the folio leaf centre margin hinge ‘glue’, this is not visible otherwise.
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