Live Auction 20027Jasper Conran: The Collection Part I
THOMAS SPENCER (BRITISH 1700-1765/1767)
Lot 162

THOMAS SPENCER (BRITISH 1700-1765/1767)

Mr Churchman's 'Ronata'

Closed14 September 2021

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GBP 225,000

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THOMAS SPENCER (BRITISH 1700-1765/1767)
Mr Churchman's 'Ronata'
signed 'T.Spencer pinxt. 175...' (centre right)
oil on canvas
83 x 119 ½ in. (210.8 x 303.5 cm.)
inscribed 'Mr Churchmans: / Ronata. / Who never faild / or falld her master' (centre right), it its original frame

Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery (1882-1974), Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire; his sale (†), Sotheby's, on the premises, 18 May 1977 (=1st day), lot 2459A.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2010, lot 225, sold after sale.
with Daniel Hunt Fine Art, London, September 2010, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present painting is one of two works by Spencer originally owned by the Earl of Rosebery, both of which depicted horses belonging to Mr. Churchman. The other, of the same dimensions, was painted in 1730 and portrayed the blue roan mare Bonatee (Sir W. Gilbey, Animal Painters of England, II, London, 1900, p. 179).