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 27

Frederick Woodhouse Jnr

Chicago, Winner of the 1888 Caulfield Cup

, 1888

lot details

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
Provenance

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.)