19th-Century European Art
19th-Century European Art
Property from a Distinguished Pennsylvania Collection
John Frederick Herring Sr.
Memnon with William Scott Up on Doncaster Racecourse
Live auction begins on:
February 5, 07:00 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
Bid
48,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Pennsylvania Collection
John Frederick Herring Sr.
British 1795 - 1865
Memnon with William Scott Up on Doncaster Racecourse
signed and dated lower right: J. Herring F. 1825; inscribed lower left: Memnon
oil on canvas
canvas: 27 ¼ by 34 in.; 69.2 by 86.4 cm
framed: 32 ⅞ by 39 ⅞ in.; 83.5 by 101.3 cm
Richard Watt of Burton Constable, East Yorkshire;
Thence by descent to his daughter, Mrs. Harington Hudson;
Thence by descent, Major J.H. Hudson, M.C.;
By whom sold, Christie’s, London, 16 April 1982, lot 42, (as ‘Memnon,’ a chestnut racehorse with William Scott up, wearing the colours of Richard Watt on Doncaster racecourse);
Where acquired by the present owner.
W. S. Sparrow, British Sporting Artists, United Kingdom 1922, p. 182 (possibly).
The painting shows the jockey William Scott mounted on Memnon before the Doncaster stadium. Memnon was the winner of the classic St. Leger stakes in 1825 at Doncaster. Bred and owned by Richard Watt of Burton Constable in East Yorkshire, he was a consistent winner ridden by the jockey 'Bill' Scott. He was later sold to Lord Darlington and trained in Newmarket.