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Manner of John Nost Sartorius
Lot 92 A

Manner of John Nost Sartorius

A 200 Guineas Sweepstake at Newmarket

Closed3 September 2008

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GBP 2,750

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Manner of John Nost Sartorius
A 200 Guineas Sweepstake at Newmarket
oil on canvas
27 x 42 in. (68.6 x 106.7 cm.)

Mrs. Francis Warrington Gillet, Glyndon, Maryland.
The Thomas Mellon Evans Collection until 1998.

Specialist note

This depicts a 200 Guineas Sweepstake run at Newmarket on 3 May 1802 at the First Spring Meeting. It was won by Muly-Moloch, bred by the Earl of Darlington in 1798 by John Bull out of Mistletoe. Muly-Moloch, in addition to winning at Newmarket, won the Pontefract Cup and finished fifth in the Doncaster Cup (won by Alonzo).