Lot 46: Thomas Barratt of Stockbridge (fl.1852-1893)

James Goater on Sultan, winner of the Newmarket Cambridgeshire 1855, in a landscape signed with monogram, inscribed and dated 'Js. Goater on Sultan.1856' (lower left) oil on canvas 25 x 34 in. (63.5 x 86.5 cm.) PROVENANCE with Frost & Reed, London, no. S 1185. with The Korner & Wood Co. Art Galleries, Cleveland (as by Edmund Bristow). LITERATURE S. Mitchell, The Dictionary of British Equestrian Artists, Woodbridge, 1985, p.106. NOTES Thomas Barratt of Stockbridge, near Liverpool, painted landscapes and equestrian portraits. His patrons included the well-known racing enthusiast, John Gully.