The Property of a Lady
James Seymour
A groom feeding two horses in a loosebox with a dog
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The Property of a Lady
James Seymour
London 1702–1752
A groom feeding two horses in a loosebox with a dog
signed with initials and dated lower centre on the loose box post: J.S / 1744
oil on canvas
unframed: 58.3 x 76.7 cm.; 23 x 30¼ in.
framed: 72.6 x 89.8 cm.; 28⅝ x 35⅜ in.
With Arthur Ackermann & Sons, London, by November 1951;
From whom acquired by the Hon. Michael Astor (1916–1980), by April 1960;
Thence by inheritance to the present owner.
Richmond, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Sport and the Horse, 1 April – 15 May 1960, no. 16.
B. Taylor, Sport and the Horse, exh. cat., Richmond 1960, p. 30, no. 16, reproduced;
R. Wills, James Seymour, 1701–1752, London 2023, p. 234, no. 92a (as current whereabouts unknown).
Between 1744 and 1749, James Seymour revisited this composition no fewer than ten times, the present canvas being the earliest. Each variant differs slightly in the colour of the horses, livery and breed of dog, adapted by the artist to suit the work's commissioning owner.1
1 Wills 2023, pp. 233–42, nos 92a–j.
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