Alfred Grenfell Haigh (1870-1963), After - Portrait of 'Primer' with Walter Earl as jockey (1910)

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Portrait of 'Primer' with Walter Earl as jockey (1910)

Technique: Oil on solid oak panel (hand-sanded with bevelled edges / beveled panel)
Dimensions: 50.0 × 40.0 cm (framed) | 39.0 × 29.0 cm (visible work) | 40.5 × 30.5 cm (panel)
Weight: 1.9 kg
Framing: Authentic 19th-century gilded gold frame (gesso & gold leaf) on red bole ground, anchored with corner brackets and original cut nails

Description:
High-quality and anatomically extremely precise equestrian portrait (British Sporting Art). The work shows the brown Thoroughbred racehorse 'Primer' (owned by the Duke of Portland, winner Hardwicke Stakes Royal Ascot 1909) in profile, with jockey Walter Earl in the iconic white-with-red-dots racing colours (racing silks).

The painting is executed in layered oil paint with palpable impasto on a solid oak panel with chamfered edges, set in a heavy, handmade gilded 19th-century gold frame with a beautiful patina of the red bole layer.

Provenance:
From the curated collection of Antiquair & High-End Interior Architect Marc Soudant (Belgium/Maasmechelen). Documented and registered on Antiq.com.

Condition:
In excellent historical condition. The oak panel is completely flat and stable. The paint layer shows beautiful impasto.

Historical Representation: Image of the British Thoroughbred racehorse 'Primer', winner of the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot in 1909.
Owner & Trainer: 'Primer' belonged to the stables of the British Duke of Portland (Duke of Portland) and was trained by William Waugh.
Jockey in the Saddle: Walter Earl, depicted in the official racing colours (racing silks): white shirt with red bo ll s / dots and red cap.
Referent Auction / Market Comparison: An identically documented exempl ar of this composition by Alfred Grenfell Haigh from 1910 was sold at auction house Woolley & Wallis