Live Auction 20027Jasper Conran: The Collection Part I
CIRCLE OF JAMES SEYMOUR (LONDON 1702-1752)
Lot 163

CIRCLE OF JAMES SEYMOUR (LONDON 1702-1752)

Horses belonging to His Grace the Duke of Grafton

Closed14 September 2021

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GBP 52,500

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CIRCLE OF JAMES SEYMOUR (LONDON 1702-1752)
Horses belonging to His Grace the Duke of Grafton
oil on canvas
32 x 56 in. (81.3 x 142.3 cm.)
in an eighteenth-century frame

with Ackermann Galleries, London, as 'James Seymour'.
The Property of a Lady of Title; Dreweatt's, Newbury, 14 December 2011, lot 84.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 10 December 2014, lot 68.
with Daniel Hunt Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note


The present painting relates to a drawing by James Seymour held in the Yale Centre for British Art (inv. no. B2001.2.1190), though the drawing only depicts the two horses seen here to the left (fig. 1). The drawing, with an identifying inscription, was engraved by Thomas Burford in 1752. Seymour painted a number of comparable works, such as The Stables and Two Famous Running Horses belonging to His Grace, the Duke of Bolton, also in the Yale collection (inv. no. B2001.2.26) and Mr. Ambrose Phillip's two racehorses in a stable with groom, sold Sotheby's, London, 12 July 1995, lot 131 (£150,000).