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Property from the collection of The Jockey Club (US) for the benefit of initiatives in support of the Thoroughbred industry

Edward Troye

Boston in a Landscape

Lot Closed

October 25, 02:08 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the collection of The Jockey Club (US) for the benefit of initiatives in support of the Thoroughbred industry

Edward Troye

1808 - 1874

Boston in a Landscape

oil on canvas

canvas: 31 1/10 by 39 in.; 79 by 99 cm

framed: 38 7/10 by 46 3/5 in.; 98.5 by 118.5 cm

Possibly A. Keene Richards
Major Barak G. Thomas
Acquired by The Jockey Club, 1907

John Hervey, Racing in America, 1665-1865, 1944, vol. II, illustrated (frontispiece).
New York, Knoedler Gallery, 1948, no. 18, p. 53.
"Edward Troye, sporting artist," The Magazine Antiques, vol. CV, no. 4 (April 1974), p. 802.
Alexander Mackay-Smith, The Race Horses of America, 1832-1872, Portraits and Other Paintings by Edward Troye, 1981, pp. 101, 102, illustrated.
Genevieve Baird Lacer, Edward Troye: Painter of Thoroughbred Stores. Prospect, Kentucky: Harmony House Publishers, 2006, p. 166.
National Sporting Library & Museum, Coming Home Series: Edward Troye (1808-1974), Virginia, 2014, pl. 20, pp. 88-89, illustrated, 137.

New York, Knoedler Art Galleries, Highlights of the turf : exhibition : paintings, bronzes, trophies, and books for the benefit of the New York Infirmary building fund, 20 April - 1 May 1948, no. 18.

New York, Hammer Galleries, 21 April - 2 May, 1983, no. 20

Virginia, National Sporting Library & Museum, Coming Home Series: Edward Troye (1808-1974), 26 October 2014 - March 29, 2015

Known to racing fans as Old White Nose, from the blaze on his face which extended over his entire upper lip, Boston was often the public's favorite. Foaled by Timoleon in 1833, Boston won 40 of his 45 starts. A lengthy physical description of the horse was published in The Spirit of the Times in March 1840, noting his prodigious size, depth of chest, and firm flank, anatomical features Troye reproduced faithfully in this portrait of Boston in a landscape.