LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

24.80 in. (63.00 cm.) (height) by 30.00 in. (76.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed Dunn and dated 51 (ll)

Condition:

Not lined. Surface scrape 1 inch long in the lower left corner. Canvas rippling in the upper righty corner. Surface darkened from what appears to be deposited residue from tobacco smoke. No restoration visible under UV light. This is in estate condition --- that is, unlined, and with the exception of the scrape at lower left, the surface is very sound. The painting would benefit from judicious cleaning and restretching.

Provenance:

George Hesketh Biggs (1823-1901), Upton Warren, Worcestershire, England, By inheritance to his son, Harcourt Galton Biggs (1862-1917) of Upton Warren and later, Richmond, California, Bequeathed to his son, Reginald Harcourt Biggs (1900-1984), Mountain View, CA, By inheritance to the present owner, According to family tradition, George Hesketh Biggs won this painting in a bet on the racehorse shown.