A Bay Horse called 'Fleacatcher'
John Nost Sartorius (London 1759 - 1828)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1777 (inscribed)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1000 x 1260 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290260
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Bay Horse called 'Fleacatcher' by John Nost Sartorius (London 1759 - 1828), a gilt plaque in the top centre of the frame is inscribed, 'FLEACATCHER / BY. GOLDFINDER / SARTORIUS Pinxi 1777. The bay racehorse stands, turned to the left. with a groom dressed in red in a racecourse landscape. A brick building to the right and two jockeys on horses in the background. Distant horizon with cloudy sky. This is probably Newmarket Heath with the Rubbing House on the right where horses were rubbed down after their exersions. (Inventory card) This painting forms a set with 'Trentham (P/167) and 'Goldfinder' (P/174), both in the Library. The setting is almost certainly Newmarket Heath, with the Rubbing House on the right, the building where the horses were washed down after their exercise. (House guide, last revised 1996.)
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Marks and inscriptions
FLEACATCHER/BY. GOLDFINDER/SARTORIUS Pinxi 1777. (plaque in top centre of frame)
Makers and roles
John Nost Sartorius (London 1759 - 1828), artist