William Shaw English, 1757-1773
Sir Charles Bunburys racehorse 'Piggy' in a landscape, c1765
Oil on canvas
91.8 x 104.8 cm
36 1/8 x 41 1/4 in
36 1/8 x 41 1/4 in
Provenance
........sold Sotheby's New York 6th June 1985 lot 4 for $18700 (as “Sir Charles Bunbury's “Piggy” with groom” as signed and dated 1767 by John Nost Sartorius (sic ! - Sartorius was aged 8 in 1767);.
with Richard Green, London, Annual Exhibition of Sporting Paintings, October 9th 1985, catalogue number 3 as by J N Sartorius as signed and dated 1787;
Sale, Sotheby's London 11th March 1987 lot 143 for £22,000 (again as by J. N. Sartorius)