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Magnificent 19th C. Equine Portrait Of Vagrant By Fred Fitzpatrick (dated 1896) - Provenance To Reginald Herbert & Spence's Gallery, Dublin
£3,650 $4,945 €4,300
An exceptional late-Victorian oil-on-canvas equestrian portrait of the prized steeplechaser ''Vagrant'', painted by the specialised Irish animal artist Frederick Fitzpatrick.
Signed and dated ''Fred. Fitzpatrick, Dec. 1896'' in the upper right quadrant, this painting represents a rare, fully traceable piece of late 19th-century British and Irish sporting history.
Fitzpatrick has captured the horse with incredible, literal accuracy. Rather than a generic study, he painted Vagrant exactly as he stood in December 1896 - faithfully documenting his leather bridle and his crisp winter ''saddle clip'' lines just as the stable grooms had trimmed them. The horse is beautifully rendered in profile inside a meticulously detailed, straw-lined stable bay, displaying the fine conformation and athletic build typical of Fitzpatrick''s premier equine studies. The lower frame rail is inscribed with the horse''s name ''VAGRANT''.
Historical Provenance & Gallery Label
The reverse of the frame... retains its highly important, authentic 19th-century trade label from Spence''s Fine Art Gallery, 7 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin. Sackville Street (now O''Connell Street) was the epicentre of the Victorian Irish art trade, and the presence of this label adds an elite layer of secondary provenance to the canvas. As J.D. Spence was a renowned Dublin frame-maker and artists'' colourman, this indicates Fitzpatrick likely stretched and framed the completed 1896 canvas in Dublin before sending the finished, gallery-ready piece across the Irish Sea to Herbert’s Welsh estate.
This portrait serves as a record of one of the elite racehorses owned by the legendary Victorian sportsman Reginald Herbert of Clytha Park, Monmouthshire. Inheriting the magnificent Grade I listed Greek Revival estate in 1885, Herbert turned Clytha Park into a legendary hub for the British equestrian world. Alongside his brother, Captain Francis ''Tip'' Herbert, he pioneered civilian equestrian sports in Great Britain by founding the Monmouthshire Polo Club (the first civilian polo club in the British Isles).
As a prominent member of the Grand National Hunt Committee and Master of the Monmouthshire Hounds, Herbert famously detailed his late-century racing triumphs in his 1908 memoir When Diamonds Were Trumps. While Vagrant is an unrecorded ''hidden gem'' not explicitly detailed in the final chapters of that text, this canvas stands as primary visual proof of his stable''s elite depth.
The painting’s attribution to Clytha Park is firmly anchored by the timeline of the artist''s private commissions for the estate. Records show Reginald Herbert specifically retained Frederick Fitzpatrick during this exact 1895–1896 window to catalog his premier steeplechasers, making this freshly discovered canvas a primary visual record of a prized athlete from his elite inner circle.
A superb statement piece ready to hang.
Condition & Presentation
The oil on canvas is in excellent antique condition, showing superb colour depth and fine brushwork. It comes housed in its magnificent, deeply moulded Victorian gilt composition gallery frame with untouched age-patinated gold finish, with the expected minor wear and rubbing associated with over a century of careful use, retaining its vital historical label on the reverse.
Dimensions (Framed)
• Width: 87 cm (34.3'')
• Height: 77 cm (30.3'')
• Depth: 5 cm (2.0'')
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1223799
Dateline of this antique is 19th Century
Antique SA1223799 shown on this page was made in the 19th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
19th Century
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