Edward Troye

Lot 74: * EDWARD TROYE

Name: * EDWARD TROYE
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: iknvintjl4

Est: $25,000 USD - $35,000 USDSold:

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USOctober 28, 2004

Item Overview

Description

signed and dated E. Troye/ June 1838 lower right

oil on canvas

Dimensions

25 by 30 in.<br><br>63.5 by 76.2 cm

Artist or Maker

Edward Troye

Date

1808-1874

Literature

Gosden Head, New York, 1932, pl. 5
"The Blood Horse", December 23, 1867, p. 3953
J. Hervey, Racing in America 1665-1865, vol. II, 1944, p. 140
Collins, The American Sporting Gallery, 1949
A. Mackay-Smith, The Race Horses of America 1832-1872, Portraits and Other Paintings by Edward Troye, 1981, p. 419 (with incorrect dimensions), illustrated p. 110

Provenance

Alexander Keene Richards, 1874
Mrs. Keene Richards, by 1881
Acquired from the above, 1921

Notes

The present painting was engraved by A.L. Dick and published in the Spirit of the Times, September 14, 1839, p. 331.

Auction Details

The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords

Sotheby's

October 28, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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