Live Auction 21922Three Private Collections: Belgravia, Berkshire and Guernsey
CHARLES TOWNE (1763-1840)
Lot 46

CHARLES TOWNE (1763-1840)

Mr Charles Taylor's chestnut colt 'Regulus', by 'Young Morwick' out of 'Princess', with a jockey up at Chester

Closed25 May 2023

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GBP 12,000–18,000

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CHARLES TOWNE (1763-1840)
Mr Charles Taylor's chestnut colt 'Regulus', by 'Young Morwick' out of 'Princess', with a jockey up at Chester
signed and dated 'Chas. Towne... Pinxit. / 1793' (lower left)
oil on canvas
34 7/8 x 46 7/8 in. (88.5 x 119 cm.)

Private collection, USA.
with Richard Green, London, 1998, where purchased.

Specialist note


Charles Towne was one of the leading horse portraitists of his generation and was particularly admired for his sensitive and detailed rendering of landscapes. In the present work the towers of Chester Cathedral and Chester Castle are identifiable in the background.
Regulus was an award-winning chestnut colt foaled in 1788. Between 1791 and 1794, the horse won seventeen races. Towne painted Regulus in 1793, the same year the horse won the Gold Cup at Chester on 1 May, and the City and Corporation Plate two days later on 3 May.