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Sat, May 16, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1303
Charles Towne
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(British,˜1763?1840)The Bay Racehorse Citizen˜at the Manchester Sweepstake, May 20, 1793, jockey up, signed lower left "Charles Towne Pinxt. 1793" and inscribed lower right "Citizen gd by Pacolet, Dam Princess by Turk, Grandma/Fairy Queen by Young Cade, out Mr. Ruth's Blackeyes by/Crab, her Dam, Cub and Othello's, Dam Galleo the Warlock/Galloway by Snake, out of a sister to the Carlisle Gelding/by the Balls Galloway/ Citizen has won fifteen 50 Plates H.R.H. the Prince of Wales's 100 G's at Conway, 500 G's at Doncaster and/ 310 G's at Manchester. beating Rosalind, Mendoza/Cavendish, Bustard, and two others. Citizen is yet/in Training.", oil on canvas, 34 x 45 in.; gilt wood frame, 39-1/4 x 50-1/2 in.Note:˜Citizen˜was foaled in 1785 and bred by Mr. Gorwood. He was sent to the West Indies and later imported into North Carolina by General Stephen Wright Carney of Halifax County, North Carolina. Carney was one of Eastern North Carolina's foremost figures for both racing and importing famous thoroughbreds for breeding. In 1803, the ship˜Gosport˜transported˜Citizen˜and landed at Portsmouth, Virginia.˜Citizen˜died in Tennessee in 1809 at the age of 24. He sired˜Jackson's Pacolet˜(b. 1808), owned by Andrew Jackson, The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee.Literature:˜Nashville Whig.˜Nashville, Tenn: April 16, 1817 text from a stallion advertisement for˜Jackson's Pacolet;Skinner, John S.˜The American Farmer, Vol. 9, No. 39, December 14, 1827, pg 310 (accompanied by facsimile of article discussing˜Citizen)Herbert. Henry William,˜Frank Forster's Horse and Horsemanship,˜Vol. 1, 1857, "List of Imported Stallions", pg 321˜Note: Citizen was foaled in 1785 and bred by Mr. Gorwood. He was sent to the West Indies and later imported into North Carolina by General Stephen Wright Carney of Halifax County, North Carolina. Carney was one of Eastern North Carolina's foremost figures for both racing and importing famous thoroughbreds for breeding. In 1803, the ship Gosport˜transported˜Citizen˜and landed at Portsmouth, Virginia. Citizen died in Tennessee in 1809 at the age of 24. He sired Jackson's Pacolet (b. 1808), owned by Andrew Jackson, The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee.Literature:˜Nashville Whig. Nashville, Tenn: April 16, 1817 text from a stallion advertisement for Jackson's Pacolet;Skinner, John S.˜The American Farmer, Vol. 9, No. 39, December 14, 1827, pg 310 (accompanied by facsimile of article discussing Citizen)Herbert. Henry William, Frank Forster's Horse and Horsemanship,˜Vol. 1, 1857, "List of Imported Stallions", pg 321˜
lined with paste and linen, restretched, crackle, cupping and cleavage in upper right, abrasion to varnish, yellowed varnish, scattered light retouch; frame with losses
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