Sale 4058
London, South Kensington
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23 November 2006
Price realised
GBP 1,920
Estimate
Alfred Bright (British, 19th/20th Century) The 1907 Grand National signed 'ABright' (lower left) and inscribed 'GRAND NATIONAL 1907 ROMAN LAW/The parade/At the water/Ascetics Silver/at the fence before the water/Drumcree/the veteran of the party/Red Lad fell at the/Curial and upset Detail/Bouchal Ogre and Loup Head/EREMON wins easily/The top weight/EXTRAVAGANCE/falls at the water/TOM WEST/EREMON/after the race' (under each vignette) watercolour 17 1/8 x 27½ in. (43.5 x 69.8 cm.) together with Finch Mason, Heroes and Heroines of the Grand National, published by The Biographical Press, London, 1907. two in the lot (2)
Provenance
with The Boydell Galleries, Liverpool.
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