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Jacques-Laurent Agasse 1767-1849
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Description
- Jacques-Laurent Agasse
- A liver chestnut carriage horse
- Oil on canvas
Provenance
Henry, 1st Baron Hothfield (1844-1926), Hothfield, Kent;
By descent to the Hon. Sackville Philip Tufton (1875-1936), Digges Court, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, sold Christie's, 27th May 1927, lot 60 (as by George Stubbs, sold with another, 'The Marquis of Westminster's horse), bt. Waters;
Major and Mrs Ernest Ambler, Branton Court, Yorkshire
By descent to the Hon. Sackville Philip Tufton (1875-1936), Digges Court, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, sold Christie's, 27th May 1927, lot 60 (as by George Stubbs, sold with another, 'The Marquis of Westminster's horse), bt. Waters;
Major and Mrs Ernest Ambler, Branton Court, Yorkshire
Catalogue Note
Agasse had an instinctive understanding of horses and a deep knowledge their of anatomy. His interest lay not only in hunters and thoroughbreds, but also in working horses, and he shared this with Theodore Gericault who did a number of studies of working horses during his brief visit to London in 1820-1821. The mare depicted in this picture wears an English harness for use in single harness work to a two-wheeled vehicle.
The picture probably dates from circa 1820 and is similar to paintings of post horses done by Agasse in the second and third decades of the nineteenth century. It can be compared to Mail Coach of c. 1819 (Galerie Romer, Zurich) and in particluar to The Mail Guard of c. 1818 (Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven) which depicts a similar horse with white blaze and feet and accompanied by a black and white terrier.
The picture was part of a notable collection of sporting pictures collected by Major Ernest Ambler and his wife Vivien, which included also works by Wootton, Seymour and Ansdell. Major Ambler (1892-1958) was the son of a prosperous woollen manufacturer from Bradford, and both he and his wife Vivien Flemmich (1907-2001) were enthusiastic sportsmen and collectors.
The picture probably dates from circa 1820 and is similar to paintings of post horses done by Agasse in the second and third decades of the nineteenth century. It can be compared to Mail Coach of c. 1819 (Galerie Romer, Zurich) and in particluar to The Mail Guard of c. 1818 (Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven) which depicts a similar horse with white blaze and feet and accompanied by a black and white terrier.
The picture was part of a notable collection of sporting pictures collected by Major Ernest Ambler and his wife Vivien, which included also works by Wootton, Seymour and Ansdell. Major Ambler (1892-1958) was the son of a prosperous woollen manufacturer from Bradford, and both he and his wife Vivien Flemmich (1907-2001) were enthusiastic sportsmen and collectors.