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The Derby, Here They Come! Here They Come!
This large watercolor was exhibited at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1878. It depicts a crowd at the Derby, a horse race run each year at Epsom, just outside London. Traditionally a wide cross-section of society attended, many traveling from London and back for the day. Green captures a variety of social types, from the upper classes standing in their carriages to the rear, to the swells, a farmer, soldiers and urchins crowding along the rails, kept in check by a policeman.
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Provenance
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Purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1878-84; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 1983 | A Connoisseur's Portfolio: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors in the Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 5/9/1978 | Examination | examined for exhibition |
Geographies
United Kingdom (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Framed: H: 29 3/8 × W: 43 1/2 × D: 1 7/8 in. (74.6 × 110.5 × 4.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1878-84
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.950