November 22, 2025: Fall Premier Americana: Day Three
Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc. info@jeffreysevans.com
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AMERICAN, POSSIBLY NEW YORK, HORSE RACING / EQUESTRIAN PAINTING, vaguely in the manner of George Stubbs, oil on canvas, depicting a handsome young race horse held by a groom who holds a plaid riding blanket naming the horse "Spirit", in the background a harness race track with various horses pulling sulkies can be seen near an observation tower on which flies an American flag. No signature located. Housed in a later, but old, molded frame. Third quarter 19th century. 18" x 25" sight, 22 3/4" x 29 3/4" OA.
Catalogue Note: An inscription on the back of the frame reads "Spirit. Albany Race Track" which could mean that this race track is either Island Park, The Speedway, Hurstville, or Woodlawn Park. Horse racing in and around Albany, NY became extremely popular around the time of the Civil War with horses often coming up from the south, at least once with the story of having been "captured in Dixie, from a southern officer of high rank" in 1863 (see Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 11/23/2024, lot 2086 for the poster advertising the race from which this quote was taken).
Very good restored condition having been relined and conserved with some creasing evident up the center of the painting and along the bottom; inpainting evident mostly under the horses body and in the upper parts of the sky possibly repairing damage; American flag is free of any evidence of inpainting; frame with scattered minor surface wear.
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