Live Auction 7744Old Masters & 19th Century Art Day Sale
John Wootton (Snitterfield, Warwicks. c. 1682-1764 London)
Lot 191 PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN

John Wootton (Snitterfield, Warwicks. c. 1682-1764 London)

A dark bay racehorse held by a jockey, with a couple of hounds, by an archway, in a landscape

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 25,000

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John Wootton (Snitterfield, Warwicks. c. 1682-1764 London)
A dark bay racehorse held by a jockey, with a couple of hounds, by an archway, in a landscape
inscribed 'Ditchley.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm.)

In the current owner's family since at least the early 20th Century.

Specialist note

The earl's coronet on the keystone of the arch in the picture appears to be accompanied by the letter 'N' in monogram (with a mirror image); possible Earldoms beginning with N of the time include Northesk, Northampton and Northumberland. The significance of 'Ditchley' has not yet been established. The house of that name was, in the 18th Century, the seat of the Earls of Lichfield; more likely perhaps the name refers to the horse.