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Two models of the greyhounds Master M'Grath and Pretender
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Two models of the greyhounds Master M'Grath and Pretender

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Two models of the greyhounds Master M'Grath and Pretender
each modelled standing facing left and right, naturalistically coloured in black and tan, on fern-moulded gilt-titled shaped oval bases (some damages and restoration) -- 25.5cm. high; a framed lithograph of Master Mc.Grath, Home & Co. circa 1871
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Cf. P.D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures Of The Victorian Era (1970), p. F461, figs. 20 and 21. Master M'Grath, a black greyhound belonging to Lord Lurgan, won the Waterloo Cup in 1868, 1869, and defeated Pretender belonging to Mr Punchard in 1871. The Illustrated London News of March 11th, 1871, reported that 'His speed was terrific and his cleverness and killing powers equal to this; indeed, he never gave any of his opponents a chance'.