Photographer's note: '90008405 The Doncaster Cup (back), showing a group of silvered bronze figures mounted on a bronze plinth. It depicts a scene from Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Ivanhoe', the prize for the 1855 cup won by Charles Thellusson's horse Rataplan. See also 90008406, the wooden base for this trophy, and 90009351 (Harry Hall's painting of Rataplan). This may be an electrotype (no hallmarks). Hancock & Company, United Kingdom; Armstead, Henry Hugh. 1855. H 49 L 58 W 34 cm'.
This is part of the Job: 2K/28564 Trophies Collection, Brodsworth Hall, Brodsworth, South Yorkshire; within the Volume: VF000259 Brodsworth Hall, Brodsworth, South Yorkshire; within the Series: EHC01/002 Eh Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive
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Photographer: Bull, Alun: English Heritage
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