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Samuel Spode (fl.1825-1858)
Estimate:
€3,000 - €4,000
Passed
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
ARTIST
Samuel Spode (fl.1825-1858)
Size
20 by 24in. (50.8 by 61cm)
Description
Title: LORD LYON, A BAY COLT IN A STABLE
Note: Lord Lyon was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1866 Epsom Derby, 2,000 Guineas Stakes and the St. Leger Stakes, becoming the third winner of the English Triple Crown. Lord Lyon raced until he was four-years old and was retired to stud in 1868.
Note: Lord Lyon was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1866 Epsom Derby, 2,000 Guineas Stakes and the St. Leger Stakes, becoming the third winner of the English Triple Crown. Lord Lyon raced until he was four-years old and was retired to stud in 1868.
Medium
oil on canvas
Signature
signed lower left; titled lower centre
Provenance
Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 1989;Private collection
Exhibited
'An Exhibition of 18th, 19th and 20th Century Irish Paintings', Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 24 November to 7 December 1989, catalogue no. 42, illustrated p. 23
