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A Horse Race in Victoria Park, Leicester

Image credit: Leicester Museums and Galleries

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The racecourse opened in 1806 at Victoria Park in Leicester and moved to Oadby in 1880. The grandstand in the picture then became the park Pavilion until it was destroyed by bombing and consequently demolished in 1940.

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

Leicester

Title

A Horse Race in Victoria Park, Leicester

Date

1874

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 71 x W 122 cm

Accession number

L.F34.1953.0.0

Acquisition method

purchased from Mrs B. Walker, 1953

Work type

Painting

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

53 New Walk, Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 7EA England

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