Lot Essay
This picture is similar stylistically and compositionally to Wootton's Newmarket Scene with Grey Wyndham in the collection of Lord Egremont (A. Meyer, John Wootton, London, 1984, p. 33, no. 4).
THE PROPERTY OF THE SAMUEL P. HARN MUSEUM OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, sold to benefit the acquisitions fund*
Circle of John Wootton* (British, 1682-1765)
The Rubbing Down House, Newmarket
Details
Circle of John Wootton* (British, 1682-1765)
The Rubbing Down House, Newmarket
oil on canvas
40 x 50in. (101.6 x 127cm.)
The Rubbing Down House, Newmarket
oil on canvas
40 x 50in. (101.6 x 127cm.)
Provenance
With Pawsey and Payne, London, January 1924
Given to the Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Marshall C. Sewall
Given to the Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Marshall C. Sewall
Literature
W.S. Sparrow, British Sporting Artists from Barlow to Herring, London, 1922, illustrated opposite p. 58