James Pollard

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James Pollard (1792โ€“1867) was a British

equine
scenes.

Kidd's Omnibus outside the Angel Inn, Brentford, c. 1840.

Life

Pollard was born in Baynes Spa Fields (later renamed Exmouth Street) in

Robert Pollard (1755โ€“1838).[1]

Between 1821 and 1839, James Pollard exhibited at the

Royal Academy. He exhibited at the British Institution in 1824 and 1844. During his career, he also worked with John Frederick Herring Sr. on several horse racing
paintings in which he painted the backgrounds and spectators while Herring painted the horses.

Many of his compositions were published as aquatints, although, unlike his father, he engraved only a few plates himself.[1]

James Pollard died in Chelsea in 1867 and is buried at St Mary's, Hornsey beside his father Robert.[2]

References

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  2. ^ The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol III - Cansick 1875. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuc.3465163_001&seq=68&q1=pollard

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