Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Antique Racehorse Oil Painting to the 19th Century.
The card is mounted on a Christmas card from the owner. Limb of the Law had quite a strong racing career being named as a future champion. In an article about Limb of the Law was described 'as the just the the stamp of jumper I most admire and in the way he carried the dashing Jack Dowdeswell round this miles course in the cracking time if six minutes and two-fifths seconds was a beautiful sight. He won by a length and a half'.
WA Clark Albert was the Grandson James Clark and came from a background of acclaimed animal artists. Although William was actually registered as ‘Albert William’, he was formerly known by his middle name to avoid confusion with his father.Learning from his predecessors, William Clark specialised in the painting of horses and sometimes painted them with their riders or with their carriage and driver. Similarly, he would often create portraits of prize cattle and dogs.
In a similar way to James Clark – William’s Grandfather – dedicating “The Runaway Horse” to his son Albert, Albert Clark attributed a recreation of the same painting to William Albert Clark under the new title ‘Breaking Loose’. To obtain commissions for his work, William Albert Clark was often required to travel and he stated on his card “Gentlemen waited upon in any part of the country”. To try and gain more work under the impression that William Clark was a member of the Royal Agricultural Society, aside his usual signature of W. A. Clark, William would often add the letters RAS.
Dimensions - 64 x 74 cm
Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Antique Racehorse Oil Painting to the 19th Century.
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Portrait of a Racehorse - Antique Oil Painting
