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STUDIO OF JAMES SEYMOUR (LONDON 1702-1752)
Lot 247

STUDIO OF JAMES SEYMOUR (LONDON 1702-1752)

The Duke of Devonshire's racehorse Flying Childers, held by a groom at Newmarket Heath

Fermé9 July 2021

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STUDIO OF JAMES SEYMOUR (LONDON 1702-1752)
The Duke of Devonshire's racehorse Flying Childers, held by a groom at Newmarket Heath
oil on canvas
39 7/8 x 50 1/8 in. (101.4 x 127.3 cm.)

Lord Methuen (according to an inscription on the reverse)
Anonymous sale [Property from a Private Collection]; Sotheby's, London, 4 July 2013, lot 252 (£22,500).

Note du spécialiste

Flying Childers, by the Darley Arabian out of Betty Leedes, was bred by Colonel Childers at Doncaster. Foaled in 1715, he was sold as a yearling to William, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, in whose livery the groom in this picture is shown. Known at the time as Childers ('Flying' was a soubriquet added later), he was the most celebrated racehorse of his generation and was never beaten.

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