John Ferneley, Sr.* (British, 1782-1860)

Mr. Armitage's Velocipede with William Scott Up and Trainer John Scott Standing by a Hack

细节

John Ferneley, Sr.* (British, 1782-1860)
Mr. Armitage's Velocipede with William Scott Up and Trainer John Scott Standing by a Hack
signed and dated 'J.Ferneley/Melton Mowbray/1829' (lower right)
oil on canvas
34 x 44 in. (86.4 x 111.8 cm.)

来源

Possibly, commissioned by G. Walker, Eastwood House
The Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore, thence by descent to,
Lady Sybil Grant, The Durdans
Conelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Mrs. C. J. Tippett, Upperville
Jack R. Dick; sale, Sotheby's London, October 31, 1973, lot 8 (25,000 to Richard Green)
with Arthur Ackermann & Son, London (acquired by Mr.Evans 7 March 1975)

出版

The Connoisseur, November, 1929, p. xxvi, illustrated
G. Paget, The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley, Leicester, 1931, pps. 98, 138, no. 299, or p. 151, no. 597
P. Willett, The Thoroughbred, New York, 1970, p. 53, detail illustrated
The Connoisseur, September, 1973, p. 83, illustrated
Burlington, September, 1973, p. iii, illustrated
The Connoisseur, October, 1974, p. 15, illustrated in color

展览

London, Richard Green, Sporting Painting, 1974, no. 9, illustrated London, Arthur Ackermann & Son, The Ferneleys of Melton Mowbray, April 1975, no. 17, illustrated

刻印

Published by R. Ackermann, London, February 1, 1831

拍品专文

Bred by Francis Moss of York, Velocipede by Blacklock out of a Juniper mare was purchased as a yearling for 120 by the jockey William Scott for Mr. William Armitage. Velocipede won three races at two and was beaten by only a half length in the Sweepstakes at Doncaster. At three, he won the 1828 St. Leger at York and was not entered for the Derby. In September, he won a trial at Hambleton, but pulled up lame having beaten The Colonel by several lengths. In the 1828 St. Leger at Doncaster won by The Colonel (see lots 26 and 29), Velocipede finished third with a bandage on his injured leg. In 1829, he won all three of his races including the York Gold Cup and the Tradesman's Cup at Liverpool. He was retired to stud at Dringhouses near York and then moved to Morton-on-Swale near Northallerton. His most important progeny were Queen of Trumps (the first filly to win both the Oaks and St. Leger in the same year) and the 1838 Derby winner Amato.

There are two other known paintings by Ferneley of Velocipede, both without the trainer and his hack. One is in the Halifax Collection, engraved by R. Ackermann, 1 February 1831; the other, probably the later version, was in the Widener Collection (sale, Sotheby's New York, 3 June 1994, lot 69).