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R. Barclay (early 20th century)
Estimate:
€600 - €800
Sold
€640
Timed Auction
The Christmas Sale of Art & Collectibles
Size
10 by 12in. (25.4 by 30.5cm)
Description
Title: ORBY - WINNER OF ENGLISH AND IRISH DERBIES, 1907
Frame dimensions: 16.5 by 18.25in. (41.9 by 46.4cm)
Note: At one time “as famous as Arkle”, Orby was the first Irish-trained horse to win the Epsom Derby and to run in the Irish equivalent in 1907. He was owned by Richard Croker (1841-1922), the so-called “Boss” of Tammany Hall in New York. Croker left America in disgust at the election of a reform ticket mayor, taking with him to England his valuable stable of race horses. However, the English Jockey Club refused Croker permission to train his horses at Newmarket, thus he uprooted once more and settled in his native Ireland, at Glencairn in Cabinteely, Co. Dublin, from where he went on to make horse-racing history.
Frame dimensions: 16.5 by 18.25in. (41.9 by 46.4cm)
Note: At one time “as famous as Arkle”, Orby was the first Irish-trained horse to win the Epsom Derby and to run in the Irish equivalent in 1907. He was owned by Richard Croker (1841-1922), the so-called “Boss” of Tammany Hall in New York. Croker left America in disgust at the election of a reform ticket mayor, taking with him to England his valuable stable of race horses. However, the English Jockey Club refused Croker permission to train his horses at Newmarket, thus he uprooted once more and settled in his native Ireland, at Glencairn in Cabinteely, Co. Dublin, from where he went on to make horse-racing history.
Condition
This work appears to be in good condition. There is a 3mm point of discolouration in the top left and a number of smaller points of discolouration in the upper half of the work.
Medium
watercolour
Signature
signed lower right; inscribed and dated on reverse; also with a newspaper clipping on reverse
Provenance
Neptune Gallery, Dublin, c. 1969;Private collection;Whyte's, 16 September 2003, lot 110;Private collection
