James Pollard was a British

United Kingdom

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 painter

Painting

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 and aquatint

Aquatint

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 engraver noted for his coach

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, fox hunting

Fox hunting

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 and equine scenes. He was born in what is now the London Borough of Islington

London Borough of Islington

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, the son of the painter and publisher, Robert Pollard (1755-1838).

Between 1821 and 1839, James Pollard exhibited at the Royal Academy

Royal Academy

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 and at the British Institution

British Institution

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 in 1824 and 1844. During his career, he also worked with John Frederick Herring, Sr.

John Frederick Herring, Sr.

John Frederick Herring, Sr. , also known as John Frederick Herring I, was a painter, sign maker and coachman in Victorian England.John F. Herring, Sr. is the painter of the 1848 "Pharoah's Chariot Horses"...

 on several horse racing

Horse racing

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 paintings in which he did the background and spectator scenes while Herring painted the horses.

James Pollard died in Chelsea

Chelsea, London

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in 1867.