Samuel Spode* (British, c.1825-1858)

The Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur Running the Great Match Race

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Samuel Spode* (British, c.1825-1858)
The Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur Running the Great Match Race
signed 'SPODE.' lower left
oil on canvas laid down on masonite
18 3/8 x 27½in. (46.5 x 69.9cm.)

Lot Essay

This race is probably the Great Match Race at York run on May 13, 1851 in which Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman, ridden by C. Marlow and trained by John Fobert, beat Lord Zetland's Voltigeur, ridden by Nat Flatman and trained by Robert Hill.