Sporting Life
Sporting Life
Property from the collection of The Jockey Club (US) for the benefit of initiatives in support of the Thoroughbred industry
Edward Troye
Boston in a Landscape
Lot Closed
October 25, 02:08 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of The Jockey Club (US) for the benefit of initiatives in support of the Thoroughbred industry
Edward Troye
1808 - 1874
Boston in a Landscape
oil on canvas
canvas: 31 1/10 by 39 in.; 79 by 99 cm
framed: 38 7/10 by 46 3/5 in.; 98.5 by 118.5 cm
Possibly A. Keene Richards
Major Barak G. Thomas
Acquired by The Jockey Club, 1907
Major Barak G. Thomas
Acquired by The Jockey Club, 1907
John Hervey, Racing in America, 1665-1865, 1944, vol. II, illustrated (frontispiece).
New York, Knoedler Gallery, 1948, no. 18, p. 53.
"Edward Troye, sporting artist," The Magazine Antiques, vol. CV, no. 4 (April 1974), p. 802.
Alexander Mackay-Smith, The Race Horses of America, 1832-1872, Portraits and Other Paintings by Edward Troye, 1981, pp. 101, 102, illustrated.
Genevieve Baird Lacer, Edward Troye: Painter of Thoroughbred Stores. Prospect, Kentucky: Harmony House Publishers, 2006, p. 166.
National Sporting Library & Museum, Coming Home Series: Edward Troye (1808-1974), Virginia, 2014, pl. 20, pp. 88-89, illustrated, 137.
New York, Knoedler Gallery, 1948, no. 18, p. 53.
"Edward Troye, sporting artist," The Magazine Antiques, vol. CV, no. 4 (April 1974), p. 802.
Alexander Mackay-Smith, The Race Horses of America, 1832-1872, Portraits and Other Paintings by Edward Troye, 1981, pp. 101, 102, illustrated.
Genevieve Baird Lacer, Edward Troye: Painter of Thoroughbred Stores. Prospect, Kentucky: Harmony House Publishers, 2006, p. 166.
National Sporting Library & Museum, Coming Home Series: Edward Troye (1808-1974), Virginia, 2014, pl. 20, pp. 88-89, illustrated, 137.
Known to racing fans as Old White Nose, from the blaze on his face which extended over his entire upper lip, Boston was often the public's favorite. Foaled by Timoleon in 1833, Boston won 40 of his 45 starts. A lengthy physical description of the horse was published in The Spirit of the Times in March 1840, noting his prodigious size, depth of chest, and firm flank, anatomical features Troye reproduced faithfully in this portrait of Boston in a landscape.