The Portraiture of Young Cartouch

Dateca. 1760

After work by Henry Roberts (active 1730 - 1790)

Engraver James Roberts (ca. 1725 - 1799)

OriginEngland, London

MediumEtching and engraving

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 × 5 1/4in. (21.6 × 13.3cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1961-257

DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "18"
Lower margin reads: "The PORTRAITURE of YOUNG CARTOUCH./ The Property of the R.t Hon.ble the Earl of Portmore/ He was got by Old Cartouch Son of the Bald Galloway got by the/ S.t Victor's Bart; the Dam of Old Cartouch was got by the Hampton Court/ Cripple Barb, his Grandam by Makeless, his Great Grandam by Places/ White Turk, the Dam of Youch Cartouch was bred by his Grace the Duke/ of Somerset, she was full Sister to redrose being both out of the same/ Mare, and got by the Hampton Court Chesnut Arabian./ This Horse tho a Galloway, won several Prizes against Sized Horses/ 1736 he won a 20@ Plate at Houflow Wt 10.st 30.L Plate at Reading W.t 10.st 1737 15.L Galloway Plate at Salisbury. 20L Galloway Plate at Winchester 1738 20.f/ Galloway Plate at Guilford 40L at Winchester Wt 11st 15L Galloway Purse at/ Huntingdon 50 Guineas Purse at Lewis Wt 10.st 1739 20.f give and take Prize at Mon-/ mouth 20.L Galloway Prize at Hereford after which he serv'd as a/ Stallion in his Lordships Studd."
Label TextThe print comes from a collection of forty engravings after the work of James Roberts and engraved by Henry Roberts entitled "The Sportsman's Pocket Companion" published around 1760. Though the horses were drawn by James Roberts, they were likely after other paintings and prints of famous racehorses. The majority of the horses represented in the prints raced between 1708-1755. The collection was originally bound, but the title page stated that "This Work is Contrived that it may be Framed & Glazed in various Sizes, & will make most elegant & pleasing Furniture."

Verse:
The PORTRAITURE of YOUNG CARTOUCH.
The Property of the R.t Hon.ble the Earl of Portmore
He was got by Old Cartouch Son of the Bald Galloway got by the
S.t Victor's Bart; the Dam of Old Cartouch was got by the Hampton Court
Cripple Barb, his Grandam by Makeless, his Great Grandam by Places
White Turk, the Dam of Youch Cartouch was bred by his Grace the Duke
of Somerset, she was full Sister to Redrose being both out of the same
Mare, and got by the Hampton Court Chesnut Arabian.
This Horse tho a Galloway, won several Prizes against Sized Horses
1736 he won a 20@ Plate at Houflow Wt 10.st 30.L Plate at Reading W.t 10.st 1737
15.L Galloway Plate at Salisbury. 20L Galloway Plate at Winchester 1738 20.f/ Galloway Plate at Guilford 40L at Winchester Wt 11st 15L Galloway Purse at
Huntingdon 50 Guineas Purse at Lewis Wt 10.st 1739 20.f give and take Prize at Mon-
mouth 20.L Galloway Prize at Hereford after which he serv'd as a
Stallion in his Lordships Studd.