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Description: | One of a pair of sporting paintings (NA 2246/1,2) depicting the 4th Lord Byron's racehorses and their grooms in the grounds at Newstead Abbey; signed and dated (lower left): "Spruce & Bell 1724/ P. Tillemans Ft.". The two horses shown full-length walking in profile to viewer's right, a groom in red costume and carrying a riding crop in his left hand astride a gray horse. In the foreground 4 dogs stand or run. In the background the west facade of the Abbey is reflected in the Mill Lake, with views across the park beyond. Oil on canvas in 20th-c. frame (gilt gesso) glazed 8.1999 with 'Miragard Magic' glass. Formerly in the collection of sporting pictures formed in the 1930s by John, the 4th Marquess of Bute (see Christie's sale catalogue "The Bute Collection of Sporting Pictures" 27.5.1999, Lot 1). Pair purchased by Private Treaty Sale for £35,000 with grant aid from the MGC/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the National Art Collections Fund. Dimensions of canvas: 51 x 64 cm.
Accession number: NA 2246/1 | Subjects: | animals topography horses | Temporal: | 1724 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | by Tillemans/Peter | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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