George Tattersall

George Tattersall (pseud. "Wildrake") (June 13, 1817 – August 16, 1849) was a well-known sporting artist and architect.

Born in Hyde Park Corner, London, he was a member of the family which operated the Tattersall's horse market. In 1836 he compiled a guide to "The Lakes of England" illustrated with forty-three charming line drawings, and he showed skill as an architect by building the Tattersall stud stables at Willesden. His experience in this and similar undertakings led him to publish "Sporting Architecture" (1841). In the same year, under the pseudonym "Wildrake," he published "Cracks of the Day", describing and illustrating sixty-five racehorses. He also contributed illustrations to the "Hunting Reminiscences of Nimrod" (Charles J. Apperley), the "Book of Sports" (1843), and the "New Sporting Almanack".

Shortly after a visit to the United States he married, in 1837, Helen Pritchard; they had four children. He died of brain fever at his home in Cadogan Place, London.

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"Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004.