A Chestnut Racehorse on a Heath with a Groom
James Lynwood Palmer (Market Rasen 1868–Heston 1941)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1893
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
991 x 1245 mm (39 x 49 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220960
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Chestnut Racehorse on a Heath with a Groom, by James Lynwood Palmer (Market Rasen 1868–Heston 1941), 1893. A portrait of a racehorse, standing, in profile to the right, in a landscape. A groom stands to the right, wearing a white shirt, brown jodphurs, and cream gaiters, holding the horse's reins.
Provenance
Presumably commissioned by the 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878-1949), and thence by descent to his youngest daughter, Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009); by whom given to the National Trust in 1976
Credit line
Mount Stewart, The Londonderry Collection (accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013)
Marks and inscriptions
On a small octagonal label, hanging from the frame by chains attached to the back of the painting: NENEMOOSHA / 1893 / (HAGIOSCOPE - WENONA) / OWNED AND BRED BY 6th MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY
Makers and roles
James Lynwood Palmer (Market Rasen 1868–Heston 1941), artist