Francis Sartorius (1734-1804)

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Francis Sartorius (1734-1804)

The Match between the Hounds of the Hon. John Smith Barry and Hugo Meynell at Newmarket, 1762

inscribed, lower right 'The Bay Gelding Small/c. with the Portraits of/Blue-cap and Wanton./who beat two Hounds of Hugo Meynell Esq./Over the Beacon-Course/at New Market in/October 1762. For 200/each side'.

25 x 40in. (63.5 x 101.6cm.)

Provenance

Hon. James Smith Barry, Marbury Hall, Cheshire
and by descent to the vendor.

Exhibited

London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1888

Lot Essay

The 1814 Catalogue of Paintings, Statues and Busts at Marbury Hall lists, as no. 78, a picture entitled 'Blue Cap a favourite Hound of the Hon. John Smith Barrys' by Sartorius which may be the present picture. For information on the Hon. John Smith Barry (see Lot 13).

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