The Blue Market Races. The complete set of 6 chromolithographs: On the Road; Arrival on the Course; The Start; Between the Races; The Finish; Homewards. First editions.

6 chromolithographs. Fine condition. Sheet size: 54.1x73.8 cm (21¼x29["); matted: 58x75.5 cm (22¾x29¾").The following printed text is on the top left of every print: "ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1902, BY LAWRENCE & BULLEN, LTD. IN THE OFFICE OF LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS, AT WASHINGTON".The following printed text is on the top right of every print: "ENTERED AT STATIONER'S HALL - COPYRIGHT, 1902 - PUBLISHED BY LAWRENCE & BULLEN, LTD., 16 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.".Aldin's Bluemarket Races series of chromolithograph sporting prints depicting a fictitious race track. Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin RBA (28 April 1870 - 6 January 1935) was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life.Born in Slough, he was educated at Eastbourne College and Solihull Grammar School. He studied anatomy at South Kensington and animal painting under William Frank Calderon. He lived at The Abbots, Sulhamstead Abbots from 1913 to 1914 and was church warden of St Mary's church.Early influences included Randolph Caldecott and John Leech. His drawings first made their way into print in The Building News of 12 September 1890, and began to appear throughout many popular journals and magazines; his work was published in The Graphic.…