'Corcyra': a Chestnut Racehorse with Groom
James Lynwood Palmer (Market Rasen 1868–Heston 1941)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1915 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1194 x 1092 mm (47 x 43 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220963
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'Corcyra': a Chestnut Racehorse with Groom, by James Lynwood Palmer (Market Rasen 1868–Heston 1941), signed and dated Lynwood Palmer / 1915. A portrait of a chestnut horse in a landscape, held by a groom. The groom holds the horse's rug, adorned with a coronet and the letter 'L'.
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
Lower mid left: Lynwood Palmer / 1915 On the horse's rug: coronet with the letter 'L' On an octagonal gilt label on the frame: Ch. Colt CORCYRA. 1911. / by POLYMELUS out of PEARMAIN. …/ 1913 Won Redcar Produce Stakes, Redcar,… £615 / " [i.e. Won] Wynyard Plate, Stockton,… 535 / " [i.e. Won] Rous Plate, Doncaster,… 443 / " [i.e. Won] Middle Park Plate, Newmarket… 2915 / Second in Dewhurst Plate, Newmarket / 1914 Second to Kennymore in the 2,000 Gs. Stakes. / Won the Newmarket Stakes, …£2290 / " [i.e. Won] the Whitsuntide Plate, Hurst Park… 829 / " [i.e. Won] Ascot Derby Stakes… 1600 / Second in the Hardwicke Stakes, Ascot / Won the Midsummer Stakes, Newmarket, …800
Makers and roles
James Lynwood Palmer (Market Rasen 1868–Heston 1941), artist