Small horse racing oil painting by Thomas John Coates.

Small horse racing oil painting by Thomas John Coates (British, 1941-2023),
signed with initials TJC, oil on canvas, featuring a racehorse being unsaddled after a race, 18 by 25cm., framed, overall 30 by 37cm.; sold together with a pencil drawing & wash working study for this oil painting, signed TJC, 13 by 16.5cm., mounted, framed & glazed, overall 32 by 35.5cm., good condition, (2).

Provenance: Lots 72 to 90. The late Richard “Dickie” Onslow, horse racing journalist, author and historian.