Artist: Michael Lyne. ( 1912-1989).Title: ''Waterloo Cup, 1971''. Signed.Provenance: Collection of Robert ''Bob'' Burdon. Bob Burdon was a judge of the Waterloo Cup until it came to an end in 2005.Oil on canvas.Size: 20''x 30''. Framed size: 27''x 37''.Now cleaned and framed. In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.For more information please contact us at:Tel: 01677 424830Mob: 07885 175279Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.comWebsite: wgreenwoodfineart.co.uk� �Trade enquiries welcome.Hailed as the ''Derby'' of the coursing world, the Waterloo Cup was established in 1836, as the result of a meeting at Sefton Altcar, a village near Liverpool. Named after the rendezvous point of the Waterloo Hotel, it became the most famous of all British coursing events, making the winning greyhounds landmarks in the history of the breed.Michael Lyne was born in Upton Bishop in Herefordshire and studied at the Cheltenham School of Art. A painter of mainly sporting, equestrian, subjects and hunting scenes in both oil and watercolours. He illustrated many books and also wrote and illustrated Horses, Hounds and Country (1938). Michael Lyne exhibited in London but lived for much of his life in Cheltenham.Height is 69cm (27.2inches)
Width is 94cm (37.0inches)
Depth is 8cm (3.1inches)