WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 2 December 2019

IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART ·2 DECEMBER 2019 AT 6PM 169 144 Samuel Spode (fl.1825-1858) LORD LYON, A BAY COLT IN A STABLE oil on canvas signed lower left; titled lower centre 20 by 24in. (50.8 by 61cm) Provenance: Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 1989; Private collection Exhibited: ‘An Exhibition of 18th, 19th and 20th Century Irish Paintings’, Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 24 November to 7 December 1989, catalogue no. 42, illustrated p. 23 Lord Lyon was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1866 Epsom Derby, 2,000 Guineas Stakes and the St. Leger Stakes, becoming the third winner of the English Triple Crown. Lord Lyon raced until he was four-years old and was retired to stud in 1868. €3,000-€4,000 (£2,590-£3,450 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 144