Lot Essay
Brainworm by Buzzard was a prolific winner, amassing twenty-eight victories between 1803 and 1809. He was owned successively by Neale, Mr. Boyce, Lord Lowther and Arthur Shakespeare.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
Henry Bernard Chalon (1770-1849)
Details
Henry Bernard Chalon (1770-1849)
Brainworm, a chestnut Racehorse with two Grooms outside the Rubbing Down House at Newmarket
inscribed lower centre 'Brainworm' and lower right 'Newmarket';
34¼ x 45¼in. (87 x 114.9cm.)
Brainworm, a chestnut Racehorse with two Grooms outside the Rubbing Down House at Newmarket
inscribed lower centre 'Brainworm' and lower right 'Newmarket';
34¼ x 45¼in. (87 x 114.9cm.)
Provenance
By descent to Lancelot, 6th Earl of Lonsdale (1867-1953), Lowther Castle
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1807, no. 441