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
Roxanna and Her Colt Blarney Stone by Rhynodyne
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October 25, 02:07 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Property from the collection of The Jockey Club (US) for the benefit of initiatives in support of the Thoroughbred industry
Edward Troye
1808 - 1874
Roxanna and Her Colt Blarney Stone by Rhynodyne
signed and dated E. Troye / July 1866 and 1867 (lower left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 28 by 36 1/4 in.; 71.1 by 92 cm
framed: 40 1/2 by 50 1/2 in.; 102.8 by 128.2 cm
Commissioned by Henry Price McGrath, Kentucky
Keene Richards, Kentucky
Major Barak G. Thomas, Kentucky
Acquired by The Jockey Club, New York, 1907
Keene Richards, Kentucky
Major Barak G. Thomas, Kentucky
Acquired by The Jockey Club, New York, 1907
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Sport in American Art, 1944, no. 92, p. 20.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Sport and the horse, catalogue of the exhibition of paintings assembled at the museum in Richmond from April 1 through May 15, 1960, no. 65, p. 82, plate IV, illustrated.
Alexander Mackay-Smith, The Race Horses of America, 1832-1872, Portraits and Other Paintings by Edward Troye, 1981, pp. 225, 280, illustrated, 289, 309, 375, 381, 386, 431.
Genevieve Baird Lacer, Edward Troye: Painter of Thoroughbred Stores. Prospect, Kentucky: Harmony House Publishers, 2006, p. 213.
National Sporting Library & Museum, Coming Home Series: Edward Troye (1808-1974), Virginia, 2014, pl. 34, pp. 45, 116-117, illustrated, 139.
Speed Art Museum, Tales from the Turf: the Kentucky Horse, 1825-1950, 2019.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Sport and the horse, catalogue of the exhibition of paintings assembled at the museum in Richmond from April 1 through May 15, 1960, no. 65, p. 82, plate IV, illustrated.
Alexander Mackay-Smith, The Race Horses of America, 1832-1872, Portraits and Other Paintings by Edward Troye, 1981, pp. 225, 280, illustrated, 289, 309, 375, 381, 386, 431.
Genevieve Baird Lacer, Edward Troye: Painter of Thoroughbred Stores. Prospect, Kentucky: Harmony House Publishers, 2006, p. 213.
National Sporting Library & Museum, Coming Home Series: Edward Troye (1808-1974), Virginia, 2014, pl. 34, pp. 45, 116-117, illustrated, 139.
Speed Art Museum, Tales from the Turf: the Kentucky Horse, 1825-1950, 2019.
Commissioned by Henry Price McGrath, Troye first painted Roxana in 1866 and then, a year later, added her colt foal Blarney Stone. This tender double-portrait is signed and dated 1866 and 1867 to acknowledge the separate sittings.