The 3rd Earl of Egremont's Racehorse Whalebone
Robert Henderson (fl.1820-1832)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
337 x 502 430 mm
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485299.2
Summary
Bronze, The 3rd Earl of Egremont's Racehorse Whalebone by Robert Henderson (fl.1820-1832) head outstretched and depicted in motion standing on a wooden plinth.
Provenance
By descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.
Marks and inscriptions
WHALEBONE / by / Robert Henderson Esq (on short end of base under Whalebone's nose)
Makers and roles
Robert Henderson (fl.1820-1832), sculptor