JOHN WOOTTON (SNITTERFIELD C. 1682-1764 LONDON) - photo 1
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JOHN WOOTTON (SNITTERFIELD C. 1682-1764 LONDON)

Lot 38
06.07.2023 14:30UTC +00:00
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ID 990521
Lot 38 | JOHN WOOTTON (SNITTERFIELD C. 1682-1764 LONDON)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
JOHN WOOTTON (SNITTERFIELD C. 1682-1764 LONDON)

The Earl of Cork and Orrery's horse, Nobby, held by his groom, stables adorned with the family coat-of-arms beyond

signed and dated 'J. WOOTTON. / Fecit 1752.' (lower right, on the base of the arch)

oil on canvas

63 x 75 in. (160 x 190.5 cm.)





Provenance

(Presumably) commissioned by John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (1707-1762), and by descent at Marston House, Frome to the following

Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Orrery and Cork (1829-1904); (†) Christie's, London, 25 November 1905, lot 74 (48 gns. to Turner).

Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 19 March 1954, lot 93, where acquired for 24 gns. by the following,

with D.H. Cevat, London, from whom acquired by the following on 22 March 1954,

with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, from whom acquired by the following on 27 January 1955,

Peter Tiarks.

with Eyre and Hobhouse Ltd., London.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 21 January 1982, lot 66.

Acquired by the present owner in 2006.



Literature

E. Waterhouse, The Dictionary of British 18th Century Painters in Oils and Crayons, Woodbridge, 1981, p. 423, illustrated.



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