Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 7th March 2018
Lot 59
Attributed to Charles Hancock (1802-1877) Sir Joseph Hawley's Fernhill a dark bay racehorse with...
Estimate £2,500 - £4,000
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Description
Attributed to Charles Hancock (1802-1877)
Sir Joseph Hawley's Fernhill a dark bay racehorse with jockey up
Oil on canvas
47 x 61cm; 18½ x 24in
Provenance:
Leggatt Brothers, 1935, £120 and thence by descent
Recently removed from Gavelacre House, Longparish
Fernhill won the Northamptonshire Stakes (£1225) and the Great Metropolitan Stakes (£1640) in 1849
Sir Joseph Hawley was a Wiltshire trainer who won all 5 of the British Classic flat races