deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Knielende David
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1571 – 1632
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: antwerp
Subjects: david sacrificing (in general)

Een engel toont David een doodshoofd, een zwaard en een roede. Geheel in een geornamenteerde omlijsting.
Portret van Jacques II de Castelnau-Mauvissière
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1837 – 1837
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Subjects: maarschalk, jacques de castelnau
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Prent gebruikt in: Janin, M. Jules. Galleries historique de Versailles. Parijs: s.n. 1837.
Portret van Louis Antoine Leon de Saint-Just
Object type: print
Date: 1786 – 1849
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: paris, politician, historical persons, politician, e.g. party leader
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Louis Antoine Leon de Saint-Just. (1767 -1794) Frans politicus (Jacobijn). Buste naar links.
Ontvangstbewijs aan J.B. Kam
Object type: ontvangstbewijs, kwitantie
Date: 1898 – 1898
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen, printing, writing
Location: hilversum
Artist: theo van hoytema
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1863 – 1917
Subjects: manufacturer, art trade, art shop, drawing, the graphic arts, money
Hanging or Prayer Rug
Object type: hanging or prayer rug
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: metal thread
Techniques: embroidery
Location: turkey
Subjects: flowers
Theatervoorstelling
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1875 – 1934
Materials: paper, watercolor
Techniques: brush
Location: the hague
Artist: isaac israels
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1865 – 1934
Subjects: theatre, theatrical performance, conductor ~ music

Op het toneel dansers of acrobaten. Vooraan de dirigent in de orkestbak. Blad 1 recto uit schetsboek XXVIII met 17 bladen.
Ada Richmond, from the Actresses and Celebrities series (N60, Type 2) promoting Little Beauties Cigarettes for Allen & Ginter brand tobacco products
Object type: photograph
Date: 1887 – 1887
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: allen & ginter
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Subjects: portraits,women,actresses

Trade cards from the "Actresses and Celebrities" series (N60), issued in 1887 to promote Little Beauties Cigarettes distributed by Allen & Ginter. There are two types of cards in the set. Type 1 cards have the brand name printed on front and Type 2 cards do not.
Voorbereidingen voor het poppenfeest
Object type: print
Date: 1785 – 1800
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: tokyo
Subjects: festivities, puppet and marionette show, trees (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2971

Verschillende vrouwen, in de kamers van een groot huis, voorbereidingen treffend voor het poppenfestival; door opengeschoven deuren een gezicht op de tuin met bloeiende bomen.
Bussey horticultural and agricultural institution
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1881 – 1886
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: cambridge
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: university building, college, façade (of house or building)
Inscriptions: number: ‘(32)’
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 500 – 476
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Exterior, part of head of draped figure to left
Muurschildering met het Laatste Oordeel
Object type: drawing
Date: 1846 – 1846
Materials: paper, pencil, watercolor
Techniques: brush
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: last judgement, painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)
Inscriptions: stamp

Muurschildering met het Laatste Oordeel, uit de in 1846 afgebroken St. Ceciliakerk te Neede. Onderwerpsrubrieken binnen de Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Schoone kunsten, Muur- en gewelfschilderingen.
Cup
Object type: cup
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: metal, silver
Artist: elkington & co.
Artist role: manufacturer
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1829 – 1963

This electrotype is after a seventeenth-century original (1617), at time of reproduction was in the Treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow.
Two Mounted Arabs Killling a Lion
Object type: statuette group
Materials: bronze
Artist: antoine-louis barye
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1795 – 1875
Subjects: men,hunting,horses,lions

In 1838 Barye obtained a commercial patent for casting small bronzes, and by 1845 he had formed a partnership with the entrepreneur Emile Martin for the purpose of producing small bronzes in quantity for middle-class collectors. Barye soon began to market his bronzes with the aid of a series of catalogues that permitted the purchaser to order from a variety of models. The earliest catalogue was published in 1844. The catalogue of 1847 stated that each bronze would be numbered and punch marked, but the marking system was quickly abandoned, perhaps because of its very success. After Barye's death, the models were bought by a number of founders, some of whom continued to use them for many years.
Covered Box
Object type: covered box
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: jade
Culture: chinese
Subjects: flowers
Ontwerp voor plafondschildering
Object type: drawing
Date: 1705 – 1754
Materials: ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: brush, pen
Artist: jacob de wit
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1695 – 1754
Subjects: flying, sitting or standing on clouds
Master of the Hounds
Object type: print
Artist: jean-léon gérôme
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1824 – 1904
Subjects: men,dogs
Dancer
Object type: sculpture
Date: 1900 – 1900
Materials: bronze
Techniques: gilding
Location: paris
Artist: agathon leonard
Artist role: sculptor
Artist dates: 1841 – 1923

The pioneering American dancer Loïe Fuller was the muse of many artists in fin-de-siècle Paris. This bronze depicts Fuller performing the expressive modern dance Le jeu de l’écharpe (The scarf game). The scarf swirling over her head contains a fitting so that the bronze can be used as a lamp.
Fotoreproductie van een tekening van een stamboom, van Hendrik I, graaf van Limburg, tot Walram III, graaf van Limburg
Object type: photograph
Date: 1869 – 1874
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: rolduc
Subjects: family lineage, pedigree, genealogical tree or table, series of rulers
Portret van Vincent de Paul
Object type: print
Date: 1800 – 1899
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: nuremberg
Subjects: paris, priest, nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things, historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Garden in Indigo Districts
Object type: photograph
Date: 1850 – 1859
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: captain r. b. hill
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Subjects: gardens
Gewone zeepok, grote zeenaald en een pijlwormsoort
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1778 – 1778
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: rotterdam
Subjects: lower animals (+ animals ~ biological investigation)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Figuur 1 toont de gewone zeepok. Figuur 2 en 3 tonen de grote zeenaald op ware grootte en uitvergroot. Figuur 4 en 5 tonen een pijlwormsoort. Rechtsboven: Pl. 6. Prent uit een boek over binnen- en buitenlandse land- en waterdieren.
Twee mannen in de haven van Suez bij eb
Object type: photograph
Date: 1870 – 1910
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: suez
Subjects: harbour, ebb, low tide
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘foto Zangaki no 125/ Suez Marée basse’, number: ‘No. 125’
Design for a Chimneypiece with a Classical Cornice, for Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire, Dining Room
Object type: drawing
Date: 1769 – 1769
Materials: ink, watercolor
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Artist: sir william chambers
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british, born sweden
Artist dates: 1723 – 1796
Subjects: fireplaces
Zelfportret met hoed met slappe rand en geborduurde mantel
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1801 – 1801
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: paris
Subjects: leiden, amsterdam, painter, draughtsman, rembrandt van rijn
Inscriptions: date
Ruins of a Castle
Object type: print
Date: 1825 – 1827
Materials: gouache, paint, paper, stone, watercolor
Techniques: heightening, lithograph, printing
Location: germany
Artist: carl blechen
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1798 – 1840

A former banker who trained at the Berlin Arts Academy, Carl Blechen also used his flair for the dramatic as a set designer for theatrical productions. Ruins of a Castle is among the three etchings and 14 lithographs produced by the artist featuring romantic subjects such as ruins, hermits, and pilgrims in darkly evocative landscapes. These works demonstrate the continuing influence on Blechen of Caspar David Friedrich, who staged the natural world as a form of religious allegory.
Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1643 – 1643
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: adam naming the animals, animals, the man (adam) comes to life: usually god reaches out his hand or breathes life into his nostrils, tetragram (in roman or hebrew script) ~ symbol of god the father

De schepping van Adam. Op de voorgrond staat God de Vader in de gedaante van het tetragram die de naakte Adam leven inblaast. Op de achtergrond geeft God Adam de opdracht om de dieren namen te geven. Onderaan een verwijzing naar de Bijbeltekst in het Latijn. Deze prent maakt deel uit van een album.
Bord, met op het plat een kasteel en een ruïne, en enkele mensen langs een rivier
Object type: plate dish
Date: 1860 – 1890
Materials: creamware
Techniques: transfer decoration
Location: maastricht
Artist: petrus regout
Artist role: plateelbakker
Artist dates: 1801 – 1879
Inscriptions: check stamp: ‘Bijenkorf // P. REGOUT // MAASTRICHT en 12’, mark: ‘Staffordshire knot // 1851 // PRIZE MEDAL // P.REGOUT . MAASTRICHT’, inscription: ‘LICHTENBERG’

Bord van aardewerk met veelkleurig transferdecor. Op het plat een kasteel en een ruïne, en enkele mensen langs een rivier. Onder de voorstelling de tekst: "LICHTENBERG". De rand van het bord is gedecoreerd in blauw met een band waaraan guirlandes en een lint hangen.
Allegorische voorstelling met het portret van Frederik, prins van Wales
Object type: print
Date: 1728 – 1728
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: berlin
Artist: georg paul busch
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates:  – 1756
Subjects: london, frederik (prins van wales), knighthood order (garter) - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain, historical persons, book, firearms: cannon, mantle, gown, dress (symbol of sovereignty), specific aspects, allegorical aspects of minerva; minerva as patroness, specific aspects, allegorical aspects of mercury; mercury as patron, specific aspects, allegorical aspects of mars; mars as patron
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Rond het portret Minerva, Mercurius en Mars. Op de voorgrond links boeken en gereedschappen van een kunstenaar; rechts een helm en een kanon met kogels. Linksonder genummerd: 6 entrevuë.
Schenkkan met Neptunus
Object type: print
Date: 1650 – 1664
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: france
Artist: jean lepautre
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1618 – 1682

De vaas staat in een ovale lijst met kleine dolfijnen links- en rechtsonder.
Design for Two Chairs
Object type: drawing
Date: 1770 – 1790
Materials: graphite, ink
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Artist: anonymous, french, 18th century
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1700 – 1800
Subjects: chairs
Portret van Jacques Bénigne Bossuet
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1769 – 1770
Materials: paper
Techniques: aquatint, etching
Location: france
Subjects: paris, archbishop, bishop, etc. (roman catholic), theologian, historical persons

Jean-Baptiste de Grateloup gebruikte een geheim proces bij het maken van zijn prenten, lijkend op aquatint. Zijn neef Jean-Pierre Sylvestre de Grateloup heeft ook op deze manier gewerkt.
La Défilé a Pied (The Parade on Foot), from Le Combat a la Barrière in the Palace at Nancy by Henri Humbert, printed by Sebastien Phillipe
Object type: print
Date: 1627 – 1627
Techniques: etching
Artist: jacques callot
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1592 – 1635
Actress holding apple, from the Actresses series (N668)
Object type: photograph
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: albumen silver print
Subjects: apples,portraits,women,actresses

Trade cards from the "Actresses" series (N668), issued ca. 1888. The publisher is unknown.
Gezicht op een meer in Japan, vermoedelijk het Yunokomeer bij Nikko
Object type: page
Date: 1895 – 1905
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: japan
Artist: kōzaburō tamamura
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1856 – 1923
Subjects: lake
Two beggars tramping towards the right
Object type: drawing
Date: 1629 – 1633
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen
Artist: Anonymous
Inscriptions: mark: Lugt 2228, mark: Lugt 58, monogram: ‘Rt’

Spiegelbeeldige kopie naar de gelijknamige prent van Rembrandt.
Huwelijk van Lodewijk XIV met Maria Theresia van Oostenrijk en vrede van de Pyreneen
Object type: history medal
Date: 1699 – 1703
Materials: bronze
Techniques: striking
Location: paris
Artist: jean mauger
Artist role: medailleur
Artist dates: 1648 – 1722
Subjects: lodewijk xiv (koning van frankrijk), maria theresia (koningin van frankrijk), france, spain

Bronzen penning. Voorzijde: borststuk jongeman binnen omschrift. Keerzijde: gevleugelde Huwelijksgod met twee myrtekransen en huwelijkstoorts waarmee hij wapentuig aansteekt binnen omschrift; afsnede: opschrift
Snijmat voor het snijden van papieren hoeken om foto's in te steken
Object type: cutting mat
Date: 1880 – 1950
Materials: cardboard, zinc
Artist: Anonymous

Bij de snijmat zit een kartonnen vorm met uitgesneden driehoeken voor verschillende maten hoeken. De snijmat zit in een papieren verpakking.
La Caverne de Brigands (The Cave of Thieves), from "Les Caprices" Series A, The Florence Set
Object type: print
Date: 1617 – 1617
Techniques: etching
Artist: jacques callot
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1592 – 1635
Gezicht op de Theems bij nacht
Object type: print
Date: 1842 – 1887
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: the hague
Subjects: sailing-ship, sailing-boat, rowing-boat, canoe, etc., river (+ landscape with figures, staffage), night, thames
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Op het water een roei- en zeilboot. Aan de oever landhuizen.
Two Riders
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Materials: graphite, paper
Location: england
Artist: sawrey gilpin
Artist role: print maker
Artist nationality: english
Artist dates: 1733 – 1807
Landschap met hertenjacht
Object type: print
Date: 1741 – 1803
Materials: paper
Techniques: printmaking, roulette
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: stag-hunting
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘RIJKS / MUSM’

Cornelis Brouwer heeft in samenwerking met C.S. Roos een aantal prenttekeningen uitgegeven welke op het verso het signatuur C.Brouwer fecit en C.S. Roos excudit Amst. dragen.
De prent werd opgenomen in: Collection d'imitations de dessins d'après les principaux maîtres hollandais et flamands, Londen, C. Josi, 1821.
Servet met bloemen en slingers
Object type: napkin
Date: 1800 – 1810
Materials: linen
Techniques: damask
Location: brabant
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: ewout van der hoog
Inscriptions: mark: ‘IVDH 24’

Servet van linnendamast met bloemen en slingers. Middenveld: een rechtopgaande fijne slingerende tak, met koord en kwast gebonden, wordt door een breed golvende bebladerde tak doorsneden. Randen: driemaal een rechte lijst, spiraalsgewijs omwonden; de middelste is breed en met bladeren omwonden, de buitenste smal en met een fijne bloementak omrankt.
Vase
Object type: vase
Date: 1800 – 1800
Materials: porcelain
Culture: chinese
Location: china
Subjects: landscapes
Mermaid
Object type: statuette
Date: 1501 – 1550
Materials: bronze, lacquer, patina
Subjects: mermaids
Saint Jerome Praying
Object type: plaquette
Materials: copper alloy, gilt, patina
Techniques: casting
Culture: italian or spanish
Subjects: saint jerome

The plaquette depicts Saint Jerome in the wilderness, kneeling and holding a crucifix. A lion, an attribute of the saint, lies at his feet. The open book is an allusion to Jerome's role as a biblical scholar and translator of the Bible into Latin (known as the Vulgate). The book is inscribed "S I", for Sanctus Ieronymus. This aftercast has some loss of detail.
Fragment of a Bowl
Object type: ceramic fragment
Date: 1301 – 1500
Materials: glaze, stonepaste
Techniques: painting
Location: egypt or syria
Portret van Friedrich Bogislav Emanuel, Graf Tauentzien von Wittenberg
Object type: print
Date: 1813 – 1825
Materials: paper
Techniques: stippling
Location: berlin
Subjects: berlin, knighthood order (with name) - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain (with name of order), knighthood order, historical persons, (military) uniforms
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Pembury Mill, Kent, plate 12 from Liber Studiorum
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: england
Artist: joseph mallord william turner
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1775 – 1851
Makung. Une des portes de la ville
Object type: page
Date: 1891 – 1896
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: lion's head ~ ornament, city-gate
Rouwklacht bij het overlijden van Willem V, 1806
Object type: print
Date: 1806 – 1806
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: amsterdam
Artist: jacobus wendel
Artist role: printer, publisher
Subjects: the hague, william v (prince of orange)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Rouwklacht op het overlijden van prins Willem V op 9 april 1806. Middenboven een gedenkzuil met grafschrift. Rouwvers in 27 coupletten in drie kolommen. Binnen een dubbele rouwrand.
Landscape
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Date: 1875 – 1875
Materials: charcoal, paper
Location: france
Artist: léon richet
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1847 – 1907
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 540 – 520
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Exterior, part of an eye, with the outer area in added white, and a black and red oculus
Paris. Le Parc Monceau
Object type: ansichtkaart, prentbriefkaart
Date: 1904 – 1906
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: autotype
Location: paris
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
Textile fragment with boys and birds in pomegranates
Object type: textile
Date: 901 – 1000
Materials: textile, silk
Techniques: painting
Culture: chinese
Subjects: pomegranates,boys

This strip of silk features two clusters of pomegranates and leaves. The fruits, which are known for their many seeds, are filled with birds and flowers at the top, while those at the bottom hold boys and flowers. The inclusion of boys inside the pomegranates may refer to offspring: the Chinese character for “seed” is the same as that for “son.”
Fontein met dolfijn
Object type: titelblad, titelpagina
Date: 1836 – 1836
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: haarlem
Subjects: dolphin ~ ornament, ornamental fountain
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Titelpagina voor: Irving, Washington. Abbotsford en de abdy van Newstead, of een bezoek op de landgoederen van Sir Walter Scott en Lord Byron. Haarlem: Loosjes Pz., weduwe Adriaan, 1836.
Lord-tolan prenant sa leçon de dance, La Passions, No. 7
Object type: print
Date: 1801 – 1900
Techniques: etching
Artist: basset
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1785 – 1819
Subjects: men,dancing,music,violins,dogs
Portret van koning Christiaan VII van Denemarken
Object type: print
Date: 1766 – 1795
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: haarlem
Artist: cornelis van noorde
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1731 – 1795
Subjects: copenhagen (city), christiaan vii (koning van denemarken)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Portret van Christiaan VII, koning van Denemarken.
Children with Puppy
Object type: netsuke
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: ivory
Culture: japanese
Subjects: children,dogs
Plaat, rechthoekig met uitgeschulpte hoeken, veelkleurig beschilderd met een Chinees plantornament met vogels
Object type: plate
Date: 1755 – 1780
Materials: earthenware, glaze
Location: delft
Artist: Anonymous

Plaat, rechthoekig met uitgeschulpte hoeken, veelkleurig beschilderd met Chinees plantornament met vogels.
Plate (tondino)
Object type: plate
Date: 1530 – 1530
Techniques: maiolica, glazing
Artist: francesco xanto avelli da rovigo
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1482 – 1542
Subjects: birds,men,women,coat of arms
Shad Fishermen on the Shore of the Hudson River
Object type: watercolor
Date: 1811 – 1813
Materials: watercolor, paper
Culture: american
Artist: pavel petrovich svinin
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: russian
Artist dates: 1787 – 1839
Subjects: fishing,rivers,landscapes,trees,boats
Button
Object type: button
Date: 1775 – 1775
Materials: metal, pearl, gemstone
Culture: french
Emmie Weathersby, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
Object type: photograph
Date: 1890 – 1890
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: kinney brothers tobacco company
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1869 – 2011
Subjects: portraits,women,actresses

Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.
Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great (1729–1796)
Object type: pair of flintlock pistol
Date: 1786 – 1786
Materials: brass, gold, ivory, steel
Culture: russian
Location: russia
Artist: johan adolph grecke
Artist role: gunsmith
Artist nationality: russian
Artist dates: 1755 – 1790

These pistols are part of a deluxe garniture of ivory-stocked hunting arms made for Empress Catherine the Great (reigned 1762–96), whose intial (E for Ekaterine) is on the escutcheons of the grips. The garniture, which originally consisted of these pistols, a fowling piece dated 1786 (National Museum, Warsaw), and a rifle (whereabouts unknown), was later given to her favorite, Prince Stanislas August Poniatowski (1732–1798), whom she backed as king of Poland (reigned 1763–95). Firearms with ivory stocks, generally out of fashion in western Europe by the eighteenth century, were in vogue in the ostentatious Russian court during the last quarter of the century.
Twee zingende, omhelzende engelen
Object type: print
Date: 1583 – 1650
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: italy
Subjects: angels singing, making music, angel(s) represented as child(ren)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
How to Escape Losing
Object type: print
Techniques: aquatint, etching
Artist: thomas rowlandson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1757 – 1827
Subjects: satire,men,horses

This print and its companion, "How to Escape Winning" (59.533.438) respond to a pair of races held at Newmarket, on October 20 and 21, 1791. Centered on the Prince of Wales's prize thoroughbred Escape, these launched a scandal since, in the first, Escape was favored to win but finished last of four. The next day, Escape won handily over two of the same rivals, rewarding both the Prince and his jockey Samuel Chifney for bets placed at odds increased by the horse's recent loss. Accusations of cheating ensured and an investigation was launched by Sir Charles Bunbury, head of the Jockey Club. Although Chifney swore he had not held Escape back in the first race he was, perhaps unjustly, prevented from running further races and the Prince sold his stables soon after; he did stand by Chifney, however, and continued to pay him a generous salary.
Sword
Object type: sword
Date: 1620 – 1640
Materials: steel
Culture: german
Location: germany