Lot 28
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William Shaw (fl. from 1757, d. 1773)
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William Shaw (fl. from 1757, d. 1773)

Chrysis, a grey racehorse, held by a groom, with a jockey, in a landscape

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William Shaw (fl. from 1757, d. 1773)
Chrysis, a grey racehorse, held by a groom, with a jockey, in a landscape
signed with initials and indistinctly dated 'WS 1773[?]' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71 x 91.5 cm.)
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Lot Essay

Foaled in 1769, Chrysis was a grey filly by Careless. She was owned by Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull; his coronet and initials appear on the rug, and the jockey is shown wearing his crimson silks. She was a high class racehorse, winning the Clermont Cup at Newmarket in 1772, worth 400 guineas and a 125 guinea cup.

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