James Pollard was a British painter who was best known for his depictions of horse-drawn carriages, the fox hunt and other horse scenes. He was born in 1792 in Islington, Great Britain, the son of the artist and publisher Robert Pollard the Elder. It was Robert Pollard who encouraged James to pursue his artistic talent at an early age and to follow his interest in sports painting. Due to the support of his father, James began his art career by copying works from Ben Marshall. Ben Marshall was already a well-known artist at the time, concentrating on sports scenes and horses.
At the same time James began to learn the craft of the draughtsman and engraver in his father's company. While working for his father, he was commissioned by Edward Orme, the king's printer, to paint the sign of an inn with stage coaches, horses and passengers. This commission marked a turning point in his life. His first commission work already received a lot of public attention and was also highly appreciated by the Austrian ambassador. Numerous further commissions promptly followed. He was now able to get out of his father's shadow and become independent. But he always remained true to engraving, engraving many of his paintings himself. In the same year, after his first commission, James began to exhibit at the Royal Academy and continued to do so for several years.
His focus was mainly on painting horse-drawn carriages. But with the introduction of train and bus systems, the carriages became less and less interesting and the orders to paint them became less and less frequent. James had to change his mind and began to concentrate more on hunting, racing and fishing scenes. It is known, for example, that he painted racing pictures together with the artist John Frederick Herring. It was a collaboration in which everyone had their own special task. James painted the crowd and the background, while Herring was responsible for the race horses.
Throughout his life James Pollard exhibited at the Rocal Academy, the British Institution and the Suffolk Street Galleries. Today his works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the Tate Gallery in London and the Denver Art Museum, among others. Pollard died in 1867 in London, Great Britain.
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-293878).jpg "The Grand Stand at Epsom Races (print made by Charles Hunt, 1836) by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Bath, Bristol and London Royal Mail Coach at night by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Cambridge Telegraph, White Horse, Fetter Lane, London by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Approach to Christmas, engraved by George Hunt by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Betting Post, Epsom by James Pollard")
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.jpg "A Mail in Deep Snow, engraved by George Hunt by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Mail Coach in a Storm of Snow by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Mail Coach Changing Horses, Engraved by R. Havell, 1815 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The London-Farringdon Coach Passing Buckland House, Berkshire by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1173140).jpg "Stage Coach by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Highgate Tunnel, engraved by George Hunt, c.1830 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "John Smith Barry’s Private Drag and Grey Team by James Pollard")
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.jpg "North Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Start of the St. Leger, 1830 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Epsom Races: The Race Over by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Epsom Races: Settling Day at Tattersall")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-293821).jpg "Preparing to Start, print made by Charles Hunt by James Pollard")
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.jpg "North Country Mails at The Peacock, Islington by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Epsom Races: Preparing to Start by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Smithfield Market, engraved by R.G. Reeve, pub. by Thomas McLean, 1831 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The North Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-322526).jpg "The Betting Post, print made by Charles Hunt, 1836 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Bay Middleton, Winner of the Derby, 1836 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Cambridge Coach Leaving Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-202696).jpg "North Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1112801).jpg "The Norwich to London Mail at the Coach and Horses, Ilford by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The St Albans Grand Steeplechase of March 8, 1832 by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172384).jpg "Light Post Coach by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Four in Hand by James Pollard")
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.jpg "White Horse Tavern and Hotel, Fetter Lane, London by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Newmarket Races, 1909 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "A Street Scene with Two Omnibuses by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Royal Mail Coaches leaving The Swan with Two Necks Inn, Lad Lane, engraved by F. Rosenberg by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172622).jpg "Patent Stage Coach by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Quicksilver Royal Mail Passing the Star and Garter at Kew Bridge by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Old White Lion, Edgware Road by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Quicksilver Royal Mail Passing the Star and Garter at Kew Bridge by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Mail Coach in a Drift of Snow by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Birmingham Wonder Stage Coach by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Epsom: preparing to start by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-297008).jpg "Saddling in the Warren, Print Made by Charles Hunt, 1836 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "London Fire Engines, engraved by R.G. Reeve, pub. by Thomas McLean, c.1830 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "View of the Tollhouse at the Busy Intersection of Kennington Park and Camberwell New Road (Scenes on the Road, or a Trip to Epsom and Back) by John Harris")
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.jpg "The Lord Nelson Inn, Cheam by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Epsom Races: The Betting Post by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172624).jpg "The Jaglione Windsor Coach by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1173141).jpg "Home for Christmas by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Trolling for Pike in the River Lea, 1831, 1941 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Ascot Heath Races by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Louth-London Royal Mail Travelling by Train from Peterborough East, Northamptonshire by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Schooling a Pair in a Brake at Lucas")
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.jpg "Race for the Great St. Leger Stakes, 1836. Approbation - Off in good Style, 1837 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Tom Thumb with Peter Brown and His Wife in a Gig by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172963).jpg "Cambridge Coach by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Epsom Races: Settling Day at Tattersalls by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Royal Mail Coaches Leaving the Angel Inn by James Pollard")
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.jpg "View of Sutton High Street near the Cock Inn (The Cock, at Sutton, Street Views around Epsom, Scenes on the Road, or a Trip to Epsom and Back) by John Harris")
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.jpg "The London-to-Brighton Coach at Cheapside, 18th July 1831 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Manchester and London Royal Mail Coach by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1131373).jpg "Racehorses Jockeys Up by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-592962).jpg "Bottom Fishing near Totten Mill by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172554).jpg "The Four in Hand Club, Hyde Park by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Scenes on the Road in the Old Coaching Days by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1105852).jpg "Fishing Scene by James Pollard")
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.jpg "A Black Bull Standing by a Cowshed, an Extensive Landscape Beyond by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-235789).jpg "The Race Over, print made by Charles Hunt, 1836 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Election Riot at Coventry by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Easter Monday. 1. Turning out the Stag at Buckits Hill, Epping Forest by James Pollard")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-946250).jpg "Horse Racing at Epsom Before Departure by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Hunters at Covertside, early 19th century by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Coursing, a group of riders galloping from left after a couple of greyhounds by James Pollard")
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_Returning_from_Hunting_engraved_by_M_Dubourg_1820_(aquati_-_(MeisterDrucke-321274).jpg "George III Returning from Hunting, engraved by M. Dubourg by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Two sportsmen with their pointers setting out from a cottage, c.1830 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Doncaster Races: The Horses Starting for the Great St. Ledger Stakes by James Pollard")
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.jpg "London Fire Engines, the Noble Protectors of Lives and Property, engraved by R.G. Reeve, published by Thomas McLean by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Cock at Sutton by James Pollard")
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.jpg "View of a Busy Street in Front of The Lord Nelson Inn in Cheam by John Harris")
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.jpg "North Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The St Albans Grand Steeplechase of March 8, 1832 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Derby Pets: The Winner by James Pollard")
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.jpg "John Smith Barry’s Private Drag and Grey Team by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Hyde Park Corner by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Liverpool Mail in a Snowstorm near St. Albans by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Derby Day at Epsom, 1828 by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The London-Faringdon Coach passing Buckland House, Berkshire by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Derby Pets: The Winner by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Epsom Races: Preparing to Start by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Hertfordshire Hunt by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Coach and Horses, Ilford by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Epsom Races: The Race Over by James Pollard")
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.jpg "View of a Street and Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner by John Harris")
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.jpg "Epsom Races: The Betting Post by James Pollard")
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.jpg "The Royal Union Coach Passing the Alexander Leeds Coach by James Pollard")
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.jpg "Schooling a Pair in a Brake at Lucas")
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