The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers held by a jockey, with horses excercising beyond

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James Seymour (c.1702-1752)
The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers held by a jockey, with horses excercising beyond
signed and dated 'J:Seymour/1739' (lower left)
oil on canvas
33½ x 34 3/8 in. (85.1 x 87.3 cm.)

Provenance

with Arthur Ackermann & Son, London (bought by Mr Evans, 4 April 1974). Thomas Mellon Evans Collection, Christie's, New York, 3 December 1998, lot 12.

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Lot Essay

Childers was a bay colt by the Darley Arabian out of Betty Leeds. He was bred by Colonel Leonard Childers, and was bought as a yearling by William, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, whose straw livery is worn by the jockey. He was known as 'the fleetest horse that ever ran at Newmarket', and won every time he started. The prefix Flying was later added as his reputation grew.

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