© Fitzwilliam Museum
Gimcrack, with John Pratt up
Artist: George Stubbs (1724 - 1806)
Location: Fitzwilliam Museum
Date: 1765
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 100 x 127 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £20,000 (Total: £601,057)
Vendor: Michael Tollemache
Review number: 2986 (1983)
Provenance:
Commissioned by William Wildman; Christie's 1787; Woodburn; Sir Walter Gilbey by 1898, Christie's 1915; Dean; Sir William Pierrepont Wilson-Todd; presented by his widow to the Yorkshire Club 1925; Agnew's 1958; Lady Robert Adeane; by descent; Michael Tollemache.
Description:
Portrait of one of the most famous racehorses of 18th-century England. Gimcrack was a grey horse foaled in 1760 by Cripple, the Godolphin Arabian's son, out of a Partner mare.
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