Frederick Woodhouse Jnr
(1847 - 1927)
Chicago, Winner of the 1888 Caulfield Cup, 1888
oil on canvas
63.0 x 78.5 cm
91.0 x 105.5 cm (frame)
signed and dated lower right: Fred Woodhouse Jnr. / 1888
Estimate:
$6,000 - $8,000
Sold:
$10,432 (inc. BP)
lot details
91.0 x 105.5 cm (frame)
Private collection
Christie’s, Sydney, 3 October 1972, lot 92
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Melbourne
Exhibited
Pastures & Pastimes: An Exhibition Of Australian Racing, Sporting & Animal Pictures Of The 19th century, Victorian Artists Society Gallery, Melbourne, 14 October – 5 November 1983, and touring to: Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria, 19 November – 20 December 1983; S.H. Ervin National Trust Gallery, Sydney, 6 January – 19 February 1984, cat. 76
Literature
Laverty, C., Australian Colonial Sporting Painters, Frederick Woodhouse and Sons, The David Ell Press, Sydney, 1980, pp. 78, 79 (illus.)
Laverty, C., Pastures & Pastimes: An Exhibition Of Australian Racing, Sporting & Animal Pictures Of The 19th century, Victorian Ministry of the Arts, Melbourne, 1983, cat. 76, pp. 65, 71 (illus.)


