Lot #196 - Frederick Woodhouse, Jnr.
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Auction House:Leski Auctions
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Sale Name:The Gary & Genevieve Morgan Collection | Part One
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Sale Date:07 Dec 2021 ~ 6.30pm (AEDT)
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Lot #:196
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Lot Description:Frederick Woodhouse, Jnr.
(1847–1927)
Blue Spec
oil on canvas
50 x 68cm
signed and dated “1906” (partially obscured by mount) lower right -
Notes:Previously sold under the title “Gay Friar” at the Leonard Joel Auction, November 1990. Blue Spec was sold in Sydney during 1903 for 155 guineas, to P.A. Connolly of Western Australia. He was then taken to Western Australia where he won the Kalgoorlie Cup and Perth Cup, the two most important races in that state. Blue Spec had carried Connolly’s red and white colours to the start of an amazing five consecutive and two later wins in the Perth Cup, with different horses, for his owner. The Melbourne Cup was the next target and Blue Spec was taken to trainer, Walter Hickenbotham’s stables in Victoria in 1904 with this in mind. From this base he won the 1905 Moonee Valley Cup and then the 1905 Melbourne Cup in the record time of 3:27?. Blue Spec’s victory in the Melbourne Cup was the trainer’s fourth success in that important race.
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Estimate:A$5,000 - 8,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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