'Surplice'
Unknown [name retired]
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Maple, Paper, Wood
Measurements
240 x 330 mm
Place of origin
Threadneedle Street
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 882068
Summary
Print, engraving, A horse called 'Surplice' by unknown. Print of a watercolour portrait of a horse called 'Surplice', the winner of the St. Ledger Stakes and The Derby in 1848, on a brown background with the artist's signature bottom left (illegible). The print is glued onto wooden back which has split causing the print to do the same.
Provenance
Acquired during transfer of the house to the National Trust in 1953. Surplice was a successful racehorse, son of Crucifix, both owned by Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden, 1825-1866, eldest son of George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover, and his wife Lady Georgiana, daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle.
Marks and inscriptions
(bottom left) Rogers, Senr. Fecit (bottom right) Pub. by Dean and Son, Threadneedle St. (Centre) Portrait of Lord Clifden's SURPLICE, Winner of the St. LEGER STAKES, 1848 (132 Subscribers)/and also of the DERBY, 1848
Makers and roles
Unknown [name retired], engraver Dean and Son, engraver and publisher