Live Auction 5983Sporting Art, Wildlife and Dogs
Christie’s roundel
Lot 26

Attributed to John Best (fl.1750-1801)

Tattersall's Highflyer

Closed11 March 2010

Price Realised

GBP 18,750

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Attributed to John Best (fl.1750-1801)
Tattersall's Highflyer
oil on canvas
25½ x 61 in. (64.8 x 154.9 cm.)

The Collection of R.A. Tatton; Christie's, London, 28 February, 1947, lot 54 (sold £73 10s to Hutchinson as Sawrey Gilpin)
The Property of Messrs. Hutchinson & Co.; Christie's, London, 14 December 1951, lot 81 (as Sawrey Gilpin)
with Frost & Reed, London.

Specialist note

Highflyer, was foaled in 1774, and owned by Richard Tattersall.

Unbeaten in twelve starts on the racecourse, Highflyer went on to sire three Derby winners at Highflyer Hall, Tattersall's home near Ely in Cambridgeshire.