Live Auction 15495Old Masters Day Sale
James Seymour (London c. 1702-1752)
Lot 203 Property of a Lady

James Seymour (London c. 1702-1752)

Flying Childers with a jockey

Closed6 July 2018

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GBP 25,000

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James Seymour (London c. 1702-1752)
Flying Childers with a jockey
signed with initials and indistinctly dated 'JS / 17[...]' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 ¼ x 36 3/8 in. (71.6 x 92.2 cm.)

(Possibly) Commissioned from the artist by James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, 1st Viscount Lowther (1736–1802), Lowther Castle, and by descent to,
James Hugh William Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale, and by inheritance to the present owner.