Property from a Private Collection
DANIEL QUIGLEY | Mol-ro, a chestnut racehorse, led by a liveried groom
Lot Closed
September 19, 05:03 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Property from a Private Collection
DANIEL QUIGLEY
Active in Ireland circa 1750 - 1778
MOL-RO, A CHESTNUT RACEHORSE, LED BY A LIVERIED GROOM
inscribed lower left: Mol-ro. Taken from / the Life...
oil on canvas
unframed: 62.1 x 120.5 cm.; 24½ x 47½ in.
framed: 77 x 134.5 cm.; 30⅜ x 53 in.
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Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 27 November 1969, lot 94 (as James Seymour);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's South Kensington, 10 July 1997, lot 107 (as Attributed to Thomas Spencer), where acquired by the present owner.
The horse depicted in the present painting is probably the same chestnut mare called Moll Roe who belonged to Mr Blackney and is recorded as running in Ireland in 1744 when she was third in a race at Galway.