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Item Ships From: Santa Fe
Antique Dog Painting: "Hunting Dogs at the Kennel, 1901" Jules-Bertrand Gélibert
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting:
"Hunting Dogs at the Kennel, 1901"
Jules-Bertrand Gélibert (France, 1834-1916
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
24 x 19 inches, frame
Jules-Bertrand Gélibert w...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dog Painting: "Portrait of a Chihuahua with Red Bow" Zacharias Noterman ca 1870s
By Zacharias Noterman
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Dog Painting: "Portrait of a Chihuahua with Red Bow"
Zacharias Noterman (Belgium, France 1824-1890)
Circa. 1870s
Oil on wood panel (mahogany)
Original stucco and gilt frame
13 1/2 x...
Category
1870s Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Antique Dog Painting of a Terrier- "The Shah" George Earl (England, 1824-1908)
By George Earl
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting of a Terrier: “The Shah”
George Earl (England, 1824-1908)
Circa 1870
Oil on canvas.
12 ¾ x 12 ¾ (21 x 21 frame) inches.
Orig...
Category
1860s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Cat Painting "Cat with Butterfly in a Meadow" Arthur Heyer 1872-1931
By Arthur Heyer
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Cat Painting "Cat with Butterfly in a Meadow"
Arthur Heyer 1872-1931
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right "Heyer A."
25 1/2 x 21 (29 1/4 x 3...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Dog Painting: Cane Corso ("Bodyguard Dog") Jules Chardigny, circa 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Painting of a Hunting Dog
Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Circa 1870
Oil on wood panel
Housed within its beautiful and original ornate original gilt frame.
9 x 7 1/4 (15 1/4 x 1...
Category
1860s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Antique Painting of a Hunting Dog Jules Chardigny (1849-1892) Circa 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Painting of a Hunting Dog
Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Circa 1870
Oil on paper.
8 x 6 (18 1/2 x 15 1/4 frame) inches
The dog, possibly a Grand Griffon Vendéen, is depicted wi...
Category
1860s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Antique Dog Painting: Pair of Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs, circa 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting:
Pair of Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs
Jules Chardigny (France, 1842-1892) circa 1870
Oil on canvas, signed
21 3/4 x 18 1/3 (29 1/8 x 24 3/4 frame) inches
This rather large painting depicts a very finely executed portrait of a two Grand Griffon Vendéen hunting dogs. The Grand Griffon Vendéen are a very old breed of French hunting dogs...
Category
1870s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Dog Portrait of "Mignonne" dated 1876 by Louis Eugène Bourgeois
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting of "Mignonne" dated 1876
Louis Eugène Bourgeois (French 1831-1878)
Pastel on cardboard
Signed lower left "E. Bourgeois"
Inscribed upper right "Mignonne."
Rever...
Category
1870s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
Antique Dog Painting of a Terrier by Jules Chardigny (1849-1892) Circa 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting of a Terrier
Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Circa 1870
Oil on wood panel
8 1/8 x 5 5/8 (13 1/4 x 10 3/4 frame) inches
This is one of several examples of dogs being painted in this precise style as face-on with a mirthful expression that we've located. The examples all seemingly date to around 1870 and were painted by several artists all who rather contemporaneous of one another; Louis...
Category
1870s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Antique Horse Painting of a "Dapple Horse in its Stall" Julius Paul Junghanns
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Painting
“Dapple Horse in its Stall”
Julius Paul Junghanns (German, 1876-1958)
Watercolor, gouache, paper
10 7/8 x 8 1/2 (18 x 5 1/...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Antique Animal Painting "Shepherd Boy with Calf, Goat, Kid, Lamb and Dog"
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Animal Painting
"Shepherd Boy at Rest with Calf, Goat, Kid, Lamb and Dog"
Julius Paul Junghanns (1876 - 1958)
Oil on canvas
29 x 23 1/...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Dog Painting; Cavalier King Charles Gustav Lorincz (Austrian, 1855-1931)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting of a Cavalier King Charles
Gustav Lorincz (Austrian, 1855-1931)
Oil on panel, signed
9 1/4 x 6 3/4 (13 3/4 x 11 1/4 frame) inches
Gustav Lorincz was a noted painter of animal subjects, mostly portraiture of dogs and cats...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pointillistic "Lion Devouring its Prey"- René Hérisson (France, 1857-1940) 1920
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Pointillistic "Lion Devouring its Prey"
René Hérisson (France, 1857-1940)
Dated 1920
Oil on panel
41 1/3 x 29 1/2 (37 3/8 x 48 3/4 frame) inches
René ...
Category
1920s Pointillist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Antique Portrait of a Bulldog: "Big Ben" by Arthur Wardle (England, 1864-1949)
By Arthur Wardle
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Portrait of a Bulldog "Big Ben in Garden"
Arthur Wardle (England, 1864-1949)
Pastel on paper
Circa 1900
13 x 9 inches
Though he made his reputation with large-scale oils, Wardle is now remembered for his pastels, Christopher Wood...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pastel, Laid Paper
"Bantam Rooster w/Hen and Chick" by Matthieu Theeuwes van Ginneken (1811-1888)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Bantam Rooster w/Hen and Chick"
Matthieu Theeuwes van Ginneken (1811-1888)
Oil on canvas mounted on wood panel
11 x 9 1/2 (18 x 16 1/2 x 3 inches frame) inches
Matthieu Theeuwes v...
Category
1860s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Antique Dog Portrait: "Mops" a Seated Pug, Norbert Schrödl (Vienna, 1842-1912)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Mops"
Antique Dog Portrait of a Seated Pug
Norbert Schrödl (Vienna, 1842-1912)
Oil on canvas, lined, signed and dated lower left Norbert Schrö...
Category
1870s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Animal Painting "3 Rabbits in a Meadow" Dated 1920
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Animal Painting
"3 Rabbits in a Meadow" Dated 1920
Johan Cornelis Jacobus Lodewijk Stern (Dutch 1879-1939)
OIl on canvas
Signed and dated 1920
17 1...
Category
1820s Impressionist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Dog Painting Collies in Horse Stable w/ Saddle and Blanket, 19th century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting "Collies in Horse Stable with Saddle and Blanket"
Auguste Vimar (French 1851-1916)
Circa 1900
21 x 17 1/2 (29 x 25 1/2 frame) inches
An excellent depiction of collies in the barn awaiting their master. The color and textures are very evocative of an actual stable right down to the hay scattered about. With its original frame, this is quite the statement piece.
Auguste Vimar was a French painter, sculptor, designer and illustrator though he is best known for his talents as an illustrator. He illustrated great classics like La Fontaine's Fables or books by his friends, such as L'Arche de Noé by Paul Guigou...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Two Stags in Winter Landscape, Twilight Oil on Canvas, Dated 1912
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Stags in Winter Twilight
(American, early 20th century)
Both dated l. r. "1912"
38 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches
The stag is the king of the forest, the protector of all other creatures. For ...
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Painting of a Dog: "Red Terrier" circa 1910, European School
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique painting a of a dog
"Red Terrier"
Possibly Dutch School
Oil on wood panel, circa 1910
Initialed lower left
7 1/2 x 7 (12 x 11 1/2 frame) inches
A charming and thoughtfully...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Cows at Rest in Front of the Barn" Michael Therkildsen (Danish, 1850 - 1925)
By Michael Therkildsen
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Cows at Rest in Front of the Barn"
Michael Therkildsen (Danish, 1850 - 1925)
Oil on canvas
9 x 14 3/4 (15 3/4 x 21 1/4 frame) inches
Signed lower left
The son of farmer Hans Micha...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Dog Portrait "A Fine Gourmet!" 1855 by Louis Godefroy Jadin (1805-1882)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Portrait
"A Fine Gourmet!"
Louis Godefroy Jadin (1805-1882)
Oil on wood panel
Signed and dated "1855"
18 x 14 frame size inches
Louis God...
Category
1850s French School Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
“Summer in the Pasture (Farmer’s Wife with Cow)” Julius Paul Junghanns
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“Summer in the Pasture (Farmer’s Wife with Cow)”
(Sommertag auf der Weide (Bäuerin mit Kuh))
Paul Junghanns (German, 1876-1958)
Oil on Canvas
36 ¼ x 28 inches (43 ¾ x 35 ¼)
This is a superb painting. On Junghann's finest pieces, such as this one, base colors are used, in the case of the cow, it's a vermillion undercoat, and then myriad colors are applied building up to what your eyes perceive as more uniform and naturalistic colors though it's rather a trompe l'oeil in that it's many different colors and many different layers. You can see the beautiful brush strokes very clearly.
Julius Paul Junghanns...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Dog Painting “The Bulldog and the Fly” ca. 1900 Auguste Vimar
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting
"The Bulldog and the Fly"
Auguste Vimar (France, 1851-1916)
Gouache on paper
Circa 1900
7 1/4 x 9 3/4 (13 1/2 x 16 frame) inches
An amusing study of a bulldog in a stable on a horse blanket staring at a bothersome fly.
Auguste Vimar was a French painter, sculptor, designer and illustrator though he is best known for his talents as an illustrator. He illustrated great classics like La Fontaine's Fables or books by his friends, such as L'Arche de Noé by Paul Guigou...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Antique Horse Painting "Standing Grey Horse, Facing Right" Georg Wolf dated 1907
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Painting
“Standing Grey Horse, Facing Right”
Georg Wolf (Germany 1882-1962)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1907 lower right
27 x 19 (35 x 27 frame) inches
With it's bobbed tail cut short so it doesn't become tangled, it's apparent that this fine specimen was a draught horse...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Study of a Frog Studying Various Plants" France, Early 19th century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Study of a Frog Studying Various Plants"
France, 19th century
OIl on paper
Signed
14 x 10 (18 x 14 frame) inches
This well-painted composition of a frog which seems to be observin...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Mid-Century "The Horse Race" Pierre Bosco #50 A (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Mid-Century "The Horse Race" #50 A
Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
Oil on canvas
14 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches, frame size
“The savage art of Bosco bears its rudeness and its myste...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century - Horse Race #28 Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Mid-Century - Horse Race #28
Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
Oil on canvas
9 /78 x 6 7/8 (17 7/8 x 14 5/8 inches, frame size)
*Frame appears to be original and made by the art...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century "The Polo Player" Pierre Bosco #50 C (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Mid-Century "The Polo Player" #50 C
Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
Oil on canvas
15 x 12 inches, frame size
“The savage art of Bosco bears its rudeness and its mystery. It ...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century "The Horse Race" Pierre Bosco #50 B (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Mid-Century "The Horse Race" #50 B
Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
Oil on canvas
15 x 12 inches, frame size
“The savage art of Bosco bears its rudeness and its mystery. It i...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MId Century Animal Portrait: "Rooster" Pierre Bosco (1909-1993)
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Rooster"
Pierre Bosco, (1909-1993)
Gouache on paper
10 x 9 (18 x 14 frame) inches
Pierre Bosco showed an interest in art at an early age. His commitment and dedication to painting...
Category
1960s Expressionist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Coyote Mother
By Holly Roberts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Unique mixed media collage from New Mexico based artist Holly Roberts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Dark Coyote Trotting
By Holly Roberts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Unique mixed media collage from New Mexico based artist Holly Roberts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Coyote with Rabbit
By Holly Roberts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Unique mixed media collage from New Mexico based artist Holly Roberts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Coyote son (with Flowers)
By Holly Roberts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Unique mixed media collage from New Mexico based artist Holly Roberts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Frightened Rabbit
By Holly Roberts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Unique mixed media collage from New Mexico based artist Holly Roberts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Old Man Walking
By Holly Roberts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Unique mixed media collage from New Mexico based artist Holly Roberts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Eight Deer
By Holly Roberts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Unique mixed media collage from New Mexico based artist Holly Roberts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Antique Portrait of 6 Dogs on Porcelain by Maison Pichenot-Loebnitz ca. 1870s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique and exceptionally rare and fine
Portrait of 6 Dogs on Enameled Ceramic
Maison Pichenot-Loebnitz
France, ca. 1870.
25 x 8 (31 x 13 framed) inches
This rectangular panel made of enameled ceramic was made by Jules Loebnitz in the second half of the 19th century depicts a suite of 6 very fine canines in a landscape setting.
The Pichenot-Loebnitz factory was founded by Mr Pichenot, grandfather of Jules Loebnitz, in 1833. From 1841, Mr Pichenot created a new, innovative method of uncrackable earthenware panels for architectural mantels, winning a medal at the Exhibition of 1844.
In 1857, Jules Loebnitz, an artist as much as an industrialist, became director of the factory. For his first major job, Loebnitz passionately collaborated with architect Félix Duban on the restoration of the Blois Castle, recreating the antique tiles of the mantelpieces.
He then went to work with the most prominent architects of his times; Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Laval, Charles Garnier, Just Lisch and Paul Sédille. A friendship was born in 1867 between Paul Sédille, the architect of the Printemps department stores and the Basilica of Bois-Chenu in Domrémy-la-Pucelle, and Jules Loebnitz that would lead to a tight, long-lasting professional, artistic, and intellectual collaboration.
This was an important meeting between the theorist of polychrome architecture and the man who had pushed French ceramic art considerably forward, allowing for large, enameled earthenware plates decorated with very bright and long-lasting glass-like colors. Many architectural projects were born from the collaboration of Sédille and Loebnitz: World’s fair pavilions, apartment buildings, villas, hotels, and monuments.
During the Great Exhibition of 1878, Paul Sédille created the door of the Palais des Beaux-arts, while Jules Loebnitz was in charge of the ceramic decoration of the facade. A reporter covering the 1878 World’s fair described the monumental door...
Category
1870s French School Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Man with Rain
By Holly Roberts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Unique mixed media collage from New Mexico based artist Holly Roberts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Forest Mother
By Holly Roberts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Unique mixed media collage from New Mexico based artist Holly Roberts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Rabbit Running (with Blue Feet)
By Holly Roberts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Unique mixed media collage from New Mexico based artist Holly Roberts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Horse Grazing
By Holly Roberts
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Unique mixed media collage from New Mexico based artist Holly Roberts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
“In June (Im Juni)” By Julius Paul Junghanns dated "1913"
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“In June (Im Juni)”
Julius Paul Junghanns (German, 1876-1958)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated “1913,” titled on reverse
18 ½ x 23 1/4 (27 1/4 x 31...
Category
1910s Impressionist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Monkey with Wine Jug, Zacharias Noterman (Bel. Fr. 1824-1890)
By Zacharias Noterman
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Portrait of a Monkey with Wine Jug
Zacharias Noterman (Belgium & France 1824-1890)
Initialed "Z N" l.r.
Oil on board
8 x 6 inches
PROVENANCE: Galerie Tamenaga, Paris (label verso); Louvre des Antiquaires, Paris; Berman Swarttz, Los Angeles, California, Marcella Swarttz, Beverly Hills, California
8 x 6 inches
Zacharias Notermann (1820 in Ghent – 1890 in Paris) was a Belgian painter and printmaker who specialized in scenes with monkeys engaging in human activities (the so-called singeries), as well as in paintings of dogs. He also produced images and scenes of traveling circuses.
Zacharias Noterman was born in Ghent in the family as the son of an artist-decorator. He was originally trained by his older brother Emmanuel Noterman, genre and animal painter active in Antwerp. Noterman continued his art education at the Academy of fine arts Antwerp. Zacharie Noterman...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Cow Painting "Young Shepherd with Montbèliarde Calf" Julius Paul Junghanns 1934
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Young Shepherd with Montbèliarde Calf"
Julius Paul Junghanns (German, 1876 - 1958)
Oil on canvas
23 7/8 x 30 (35 x 41 frame) inches
Signed l.l...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Horse Painting "Standing Horse in the Stable" Georg Wolf circa 1910
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Painting
“Standing Horse in the Stable”
Georg Wolf (Alsace/Germany 1882-1962)
Oil on canvas
39 1/2 x 21 1/2 (46 1/4 x 38 1/4 frame) inches
Est...
Category
1910s Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique 19th Century Dog Painting of a Poodle Inscribed "Zoraida"
Located in SANTA FE, NM
The name Zoraida in Arabic means "captivating woman"
Large Antique 19th Century Dog Painting of a Poodle
Inscribed "Zoraida"
Oil on canvas, original frame
37 x 29.5 inches
This is...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Horse Portrait- "Sysonby, " Edward Herbert Miner. ex Sotheby's 2004
By Edward Herbert Miner
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Painting
"Sysonby"-Equestrian Painting
Edward Herbert Miner (American, 1882-1941)
Depicting the champion thoroughbred horse Sysonby (1902-1906)
Oil on canvas, signed "E H Miner 1905"
24 x 32 inches
Ex. Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Walter M Jeffords, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and racehorse owner, at Sotheby's NY, 2004.
Sysonby (1902–1906) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He won every start easily, except one, at distances from one mile to two and a quarter miles. His superiority as a two and three-year-old was unchallenged during his short career of 15 race starts. Sysonby was regarded by many experts as the best horse to have raced in the United States between the Civil War and World War I. His sole loss in 15 starts came after he was doped by his groom as a bribe; even then, it took another member of the Hall of Fame, Artful, to beat him
Foaled in Kentucky, Sysonby was a bay son of the 1885 Epsom Derby winner, Melton, out of the English mare Optime by Orme (by the undefeated Ormonde). The mating of Melton and Optime was arranged by Marcus Daly, who was involved with the Anaconda Copper Mine. Daly died before Optime, stabled in England, foaled. His stock, including the still pregnant Optime, was brought to New York to be auctioned. James R. Keene purchased Optime for $6,600, sending her to his Castleton Stud in Kentucky, which he rarely visited.
Apparently Optime's foal, observed in his paddock, was anything but inspiring. Considered unattractive and small, as well as slow, young Sysonby was to be sent back to England for sale. But Keene's trainer, the well-regarded James G. Rowe, Sr., had seen Sysonby in action during some early trials. When it was time for the yearlings to be sent away, Rowe, a leading trainer who had once been a leading jockey (guiding Harry Bassett to his Saratoga Cup win amongst many other successes), covered Sysonby in blankets, convincing Keene he was too ill to make the long ocean journey.
In the care of Rowe, Sysonby won everything Rowe entered him in by sizable margins, with the exception of the Futurity Stakes (USA), where he came in an unaccountable third, beaten by the filly Tradition and the filly Artful. Artful ranked 94th in the top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th century by Blood-Horse magazine). Rowe saw Sysonby's groom exhibiting a large sum of money, and the groom admitted he'd been bribed to drug Sysonby before the race.
If not drugged, nothing beat Sysonby. The turf writer Neil Newman ranked Sysonby as one of the three best colts he'd ever seen. The other two were Colin (also trained by Rowe) and Man o' War.
Sysonby was the top money earner of 1905. Average winning margin was 4 ¼ lengths. Was ahead at every point of every race, except at the quarter call in the Brighton Junior Stakes, and in the stretch of the Futurity.
Sysonby was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1956. In the list of the top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by Blood-Horse magazine, he ranks 30th.
Eighteen years after Sysonby's death, a December 11, 1924 Daily Racing Form article looking back on his racing career, called Sysonby "One of Greatest Race Horses in History of the American Turf". James Rowe, Sr. was also inducted posthumously into the Hall of Fame as a trainer.
Provenance:
Walter Morrison Jeffords Sr. (August 8, 1883 – September 28, 1960) was a successful Investment banker and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses who, in partnership with his wife's uncle, Samuel Riddle, purchased and operated Faraway Farm near Lexington Kentucky where they stood Man o' War. Jeffords is one of only five people to be named an Exemplar of Racing by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
His former estate is now Ridley Creek...
Category
Early 1900s American Realist Santa Fe - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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