Date: Fri 30-Apr-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: JUDIR

Quick Words:

Ferneley

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Ferneley Painting At Sothebys

(with cut)

NEW YORK CITY -- An important painting by British sporting artist John E.

Ferneley, Sr (British, 1782-1860), sold for $1,102,500 on April 9 at

Sotheby's, setting a new world record price for the artist at auction.

"Captain Horatio Ross on `Clinker' with Lord Kennedy's `Radical' Ridden by

Captain Douglas Beyond," was signed, inscribed and dated, "Clinker Melton

Mowbray/March 31, 1826." The date refers to the celebrated match between Sir

Francis Holyoake's "Clinker" ridden by Captain Horatio Ross and Lord Kennedy's

"Radical" ridden by Captain Douglas.

"Clinker" was a celebrated thoroughbred in the 1830s and the painting was

commissioned by Captain Ross to commemorate his famous victory over "Radical".

John E. Ferneley, Sr was the premier artist to record the racing and hunting

world of mid-Nineteenth Century England, particularly in North Leicestershire,

and the center of British hunting, the town of Melton Mowbray. The oil

painting, which measures 42‹ by 61‹ inches, was estimated at $300/500,000.