GEORGE STUBBS, A.R.A. (LIVERPOOL 1724-1806 LONDON)

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£ 441 000
Date de l'enchèreClassic
07.12.2023 14:30UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Royaume-Uni, London
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ID 1086621
Lot 39 | GEORGE STUBBS, A.R.A. (LIVERPOOL 1724-1806 LONDON)
GEORGE STUBBS, A.R.A. (LIVERPOOL 1724-1806 LONDON)

Eclipse at Newmarket with a groom and jockey, 1770

signed and dated 'Geo: Stubbs pinxit. 1770' (lower right)

oil on canvas

40 ¼ x 50 ¼ in. (102.1 x 127.6 cm.)





Provenance

Commissioned by Captain Denis O'Kelly (d. 1787), and by descent to his nephew,

Andrew O'Kelly, and by descent in the Langdale family of Houghton Hall, by whom sold to the following,

Peter A.B. Widener III (1925-1999), Florida, and by whom sold to his sister,

Ella Widener-Wetherill (1928-1986), USA, and by whose estate sold,

[For the Benefit of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]; Christie's, 20 November 1987, lot 24, where acquired by the father of the present owner.



Literature

J. Egerton, George Stubbs, Painter: Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 2007, pp. 268-9, no. 96, illustrated.



Exhibited

(Possibly) London, Society of Artists, 1771, no. 75 or 156, as 'A portrait of the famous horse, Eclipse'.
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