This excellent Horse Marquis, got

by the Godolphin Colt is the Property of Mr. Vernon won 300 Guineas.... & the Gold Cup at Newmarket by After Francis Sartorius

$850 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A fine early mezzotint after an equestrian portrait by the mid-18th century master Francis Sartorius Robert Sayer issued four mezzotint portraits of well-known racehorses after Sartorius, each with details of their successes, and dated 10 January 1770. The present print is probably somewhat later. Francis Sartorius was born in Nuremburg and came to London with his father, John, in the mid-18th century. Francis exhibited paintings of racehorses, hunters and hacks in London

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