Art Funded
Spruce and Bell & Two racehorses with grooms
© Newstead Abbey Historic House and Gardens
Peter Tillemans (1684 - 1734)
Newstead Abbey Historic House and Gardens
1724
Both paintings depict 2 racehorses with grooms and hounds in the foreground with Newstead Abbey in the background.
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 51 x 64 cm
- Art Fund Grant: £8750 ( Total: £35,000; Tax Remission)
- ArtFunded in: 1999
- Vendor: Lord Bute
Provenance
Commissioned by William, 4th Lord Byron; purchased in 1935 for 4th Marquess of Butel; thence by descent
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