Portrait of two champion racing greyhounds standing facing in opposite directions in a field of short grass. The composition emphasizes their gracefully curving forms and powerful musculature. Aquatint printed in tones of grey and blue.

The caption in the lower margin reads: "Dividers of the Kempson Park Great Champion Stakes, 1884, Value, £1400. Manager is by Misterton, out of devotion, the property of Mr. Miller.-Sea Pilot is by Hadde, out of sea beauty, the property of Mr. T. Stone."

George Rees was a printseller in business from at least 1884 to 1904.

Condition: Generally very good only minor toning and wear. Small, faint stain to upper left margin just within platemark.

Reference:

Kelly's Directory of Stationers, Printers, Booksellers, Publishers, Paper Makers, &c., of England, Scotland and Wales, and the Principal Towns in Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man. 9th Ed. London: Kelly's Directories, 1904. p. 659.