Lot 160: EDWARD HULL, FL. 1820-1834 THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA'S PLATE AT ASCOT, 1849

signed; inscribed on the backboardThe Emperor of Russia's piece of Plate, value 500 sovereigns, 1st Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp, brown horse, tartan yellow sleeves and cap; 2nd Mr Merry's Chanticleer. Grey. Yellow Black cap; 3rd Mr Pedly's The Cossack Orange body scarlet sleeves; 4th Mr Malt's Collingwood Scarlet trimmed sleeves, blue cap

watercolour heightened with bodycolour

CATALOGUE NOTE

The Ascot Gold Cup was first run in 1807 and for a short period was known as The Emperor of Russia's Plate but the race reverted to its original title upon the outbreak of the Crimean War. The present picture depicts the 1849 race won by Van Tromp, a brown colt foaled in 1844 by Lanercost out of Barbelle. Van Tromp was owned by Lord Eglinton who also won the race the following year with Van Tromp's half brother, The Flying Dutchman. Van Tromp had previously won the St. Leger in 1847.

28.5x41.5cm.; 11 1/4 x16 1/4 in.