The European Art Sale Part II

The European Art Sale Part II

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John Frederick Herring Sr.

Don John Winner of the St. Leger ,1838 with William Scott Up

Lot Closed

January 30, 06:57 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

John Frederick Herring Sr.

British

1795 - 1865

Don John Winner of the St. Leger ,1838 with William Scott Up


signed and dated J.F. Herring 1838 (lower right)

oil on canvas

canvas: 12 by 16½ in.; 30.5 by 42 cm

framed: 30¾ by 20 in.; 40 by 51 cm

Earl of Bradford, 1962

with Pasey & Payne, London

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 6 June 1985, lot 228

Don John was bought as a foal by Mr. Robert Risdale and upon his financial ruin, was subsequently purchased by Lord Chesterfield for 145 guineas. He went on to win the St. Leger in 1838 as a three-year-old, being unbeaten in both this and the previous year. Lord Chesterfield did not profit much from bets on the St. Leger, his failure to do so incurring the contempt of Lord George Bentinck who remarked that "If I had such a horse as Don John, I would have left the last card seller in Doncaster with a rag in his back." 


The painting was reproduced as an engraving in aquatint by C. Haut, published in 1838.