LOT 60 【*】James Seymour (London 1702-1752) A brown thoroughbred, tr...
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James Seymour (London 1702-1752) A brown thoroughbred, traditionally identified as 'Spanking Roger', held by a groom before an extensive landscapeJames Seymour (London 1702-1752)A brown thoroughbred, traditionally identified as 'Spanking Roger', held by a groom before an extensive landscape signed with initials and dated 'J.S.,/ 1745' (lower left)oil on canvas76.7 x 133cm (30 3/16 x 52 3/8in).ProvenanceCurry Sale, American Art Association, New York, 12-14 May 1932, lot 485Martha C. Babcock and Lewis M. Gibb, by descent to their daughterMartha Gibb Bayne (b. 1928), by descent to her childrenCynthia P. Bayne and William Bayne Seymour was an early rival to John Wootton, to whom Horace Walpole thought him superior at drawing horses, but too idle to apply himself to his profession. Among his chief patrons was Charles Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset, for whom he decorated a room at Petworth. He is purported to have lived so extravagantly at Newmarket that he caused his father, a wealthy banker, to die bankrupt in 1739. The current owner's grandfather raised thoroughbreds in Virginia and the family continued to be horse-lovers, including participating in show jumping.
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