Three late Victorian gouache watercolours of horse races by the artist George Finch Mason.
£300 - £500
Three late Victorian gouache watercolours of horse races by the artist George Finch Mason (1850-1915),
each signed by the artist and inscribed ink with titles: i) “Eventail Wins!”, Goodwood, July 28th 1898, The Prince of Wales's Stakes, of 2,200 sovs., 26 by 35.5cm.; ii) Goodwood 1898, The Stewards' Cup, “Altesse Wins!”, also featuring a vignette of the horse being led back into the winner's enclosure; iii) “Sirenia Wins!", Kempton Park, May 12th 1900, The Great Jubilee Handicap, of 2,655 sovs., each visible image 26 by 35.5cm., uniformly mounted, framed & glazed, overall 48 by 58cm., very good condition with vibrant colours, (3).
The first listed print depicts the Prince of Wales's horse Eventail winning the race that bore the Prince's titled name. Altesses was owned and trained by James Jewitt. He had also trained the winner the year before with Amphora. The Great Jubilee winning filly had a raced named after her at the scene of her triumph Kempton Park, the Sirenia Stakes. The event was promoted to G3 status in 2003.