Old Master Paintings
Old Master Paintings
Property from a Hampshire Private Collection
Samuel Henry Alken, known as Henry Alken Jnr.
Mornington, a light bay racehorse, with jockey up
No reserve
Lot Closed
April 6, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Hampshire Private Collection
Samuel Henry Alken, known as Henry Alken Jnr.
Ipswich 1810 – 1894 Poplar, London
Mornington, a light bay racehorse, with jockey up
signed lower right: H. Alken
inscribed on the reverse: Mornington / Winner of the Epsom, / City & Suburban & the Great Metropolitan Stakes
oil on board
unframed: 25.4 x 35.5 cm.; 10 x 14 in.
framed: 36.2 x 46.1 cm.; 14¼ x 18⅛ in.
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 17 March 1972, lot 83, for 220 Guineas to Proctor-Pearson;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby’s, 29 November 1978, lot 117, where acquired.
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby’s, 29 November 1978, lot 117, where acquired.
Mornington was winner of the Epsom, City and Suburban, and the Great Metropolitan Stakes in 1873.