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Equine Oil Painting In Stable by Samuel Spode
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1 Fine Sporting British Early Victorian 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait Gelding Race Horse William The Conqueror In Stable by Samuel Spode.
Impress your clients & guests with this equine horse racing historical masterpiece to display on your office or home wall space.
Subject Equine horse study portrait of a brown thoroughbred gelding racehorse facing right in full side profile. The horse is standing in his stable, having a black mane & tail, with white freckle spots along his upper back spinal ridgeline & he is wearing his bridle. You can see golden straw on the floor, and his turquoise tartan blanket showing his WC name initials is resting in the corner on a curved rack. To the lower left flank is a wooden water bucket also having the horse initials WC, further back resting on the stable wall is a wooden sweeping broom on a cobbled floor.
The details is so incredible of the horse with the muscle definition and the brown hue colours.
Title Race Horse “William The Conqueror” by Samuel Spode c1840.
Oil on canvas
Set in the original traditional gilt frame.
Circa 1840 early Victorian era.
This painting is signed in the bottom corner by the known British sporting portrait artist Spode, For Samuel Spode.
Inscribed with the race horse's name on the bottom.
in our opinion, this is one of his fine works.
Artist Biography Samuel Spode (1798–1872) was a British painter well known for his equestrian sporting subjects, he specialised in portraiture of horses. Spode flourished during 1825 to 1858. His works have sold at auction houses around the world & fetch up to $53,125 US dollars. Although not much is known about Spode's life. Samuel Spode was born 21 April in the Georgian era in the year of 1798. He was the grandson of Josiah Spode, who was the founder of English Spode pottery works in Staffordshire.
On 6 February 1821, Samuel Spode wed Mary Crewe. During this era the British Government wanted adventurers to emigrate to the penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land which is Tasmania. Just a few weeks after he got married, Samuel Spode along with his wife, also his brother Josiah and his wife Maria Middlemore Garner, took their chance and went to Van Diemen's Land. In Van Diemen's Land, Samuel Spode had briefly served as clerk of the colony's Supreme Court, after being trained as a lawyer by his uncle, Thomas Fenton, who was married to Josiah Spode's youngest daughter, Anne.
While his brother and his wife remained in Van Diemen's Land, Samuel Spode and his family came back to England in 1826. When they returned to England, they stayed with his sister Sarah and her husband, the potter Charles James Mason (1791–1856), at their house Heron Cottage in the Staffordshire Potteries. Sadly within a year of their return to England, Spode's wife died. Spode remarried on several occasions, by the age of 40, he had been widowed three times. Even though Samuel Spode was able to make a living with his legal training, he preferred to devote his time to painting. Painting was his passion, particularly animal painting, with a focus on horses.
Samuel Spode adored equestrian sports. He painted many horse racing and fox hunting scenes. Spode also painted many famous racehorses, including Birdcatcher, Caractacus and Voltager, winner of both: the Derby and St Leger in 1850. Other prominent horses he portrayed were Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's war horse, which he most famously rode at the Battle of Waterloo, and Ronald, the charger, ridden by Lord Cardigan in the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854. At around 1845, Spode painted several paintings for patrons with Stonehenge in the background. It can therefore be assumed that he lived briefly at nearby Amesbury. The painting The Pinckney Family Coursing at Stonehenge is regarded as his most famous work from this period. Sometimes his patrons liked to be included in the paintings too, like John Dawson Duckett of Duckett's Grove and the Earl of Lonsdale. In 1825, two of Samuel Spode's paintings were reproduced and published in The Sporting Magazine.
In the 1830s, Samuel Spode travelled frequently to Ireland in search of commissions. However, he also worked as a horse trainer at the Curragh Racecourse for some time, as evidenced by a painting by Henry Samuel Alken Jnr (1810–1894), titled and dated S. Spode Training Eastern Bere / 1856. In 1865, despite still being married to his fourth English wife, he claimed to be a bachelor and married an Irish girl named Delia in Dublin.
Samuel Spode died in Dublin on 31 March 1872, leaving several children by several wives. Despite obviously still being married to the Irish girl, who was granted administration of his meagre estate, his death was registered by a Teresa Spode. Her connection to Samuel Spode has never been defined. Samuel Spode worked solely on commissions. Therefore, he never exhibited at any of the well-known exhibitions. As a result, he has been relatively unknown and unrecognised. However, his legacy is impressive, both in the number of paintings and the famous horses he depicted.
International worldwide shipping is available please ask for a quote.
Provenance label verso for framers Smiths of 23 Anglesea Street, Private Equine collection from the vendor, high-end south-west based auction house & in collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
We only select & sell paintings based upon subject, quality & significance.
We provide friendly professional exceptional customer service.
With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display.
Viewings are welcome by appointment only for customer support please send a message thankyou.
Browse our exciting other available fine arts, antiques & collectibles in our gallery.
We offer our clients 100% satisfaction guarantee with all of our fine art, antiques & collectibles!
We ship worldwide with expert bespoke professional wrapping & packing and offer attractive international shipping rates with insurance – please send us your post / zip code and country for a quote.
We Offer Free delivery to most areas of the U.K mainland except for Scottish Highland & Islands – Please send us your post code for a quote thankyou.
Registered Office Address
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ
Company Number 15666518
GB VAT registration number 466128775
Making Payment
Goods can be bought by either International bank wire transfer or domestic BACS payment we can email you an invoice together with our banking instructions. Cash upon collection is also accepted. Shipping is with insurance cover. Import duty and taxes payable by the buyer please enquire if you need any assistance. Delivery time is usually within 2 weeks for International and 1 week for domestic shipping approximate. It can be faster depending upon the size and weight of the item(s) that you ordering from us. You are also welcome to arrange for your own courier to collect as long as we have received full cleared bank transfer payment.
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71-75 Shelton Street,
Covent Garden,
London, England
WC2H 9JQ.
Tel : 07494 763382
Non UK callers : +44 7494 763382
Get directions to Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd
Impress your clients & guests with this equine horse racing historical masterpiece to display on your office or home wall space.
Subject Equine horse study portrait of a brown thoroughbred gelding racehorse facing right in full side profile. The horse is standing in his stable, having a black mane & tail, with white freckle spots along his upper back spinal ridgeline & he is wearing his bridle. You can see golden straw on the floor, and his turquoise tartan blanket showing his WC name initials is resting in the corner on a curved rack. To the lower left flank is a wooden water bucket also having the horse initials WC, further back resting on the stable wall is a wooden sweeping broom on a cobbled floor.
The details is so incredible of the horse with the muscle definition and the brown hue colours.
Title Race Horse “William The Conqueror” by Samuel Spode c1840.
Oil on canvas
Set in the original traditional gilt frame.
Circa 1840 early Victorian era.
This painting is signed in the bottom corner by the known British sporting portrait artist Spode, For Samuel Spode.
Inscribed with the race horse's name on the bottom.
in our opinion, this is one of his fine works.
Artist Biography Samuel Spode (1798–1872) was a British painter well known for his equestrian sporting subjects, he specialised in portraiture of horses. Spode flourished during 1825 to 1858. His works have sold at auction houses around the world & fetch up to $53,125 US dollars. Although not much is known about Spode's life. Samuel Spode was born 21 April in the Georgian era in the year of 1798. He was the grandson of Josiah Spode, who was the founder of English Spode pottery works in Staffordshire.
On 6 February 1821, Samuel Spode wed Mary Crewe. During this era the British Government wanted adventurers to emigrate to the penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land which is Tasmania. Just a few weeks after he got married, Samuel Spode along with his wife, also his brother Josiah and his wife Maria Middlemore Garner, took their chance and went to Van Diemen's Land. In Van Diemen's Land, Samuel Spode had briefly served as clerk of the colony's Supreme Court, after being trained as a lawyer by his uncle, Thomas Fenton, who was married to Josiah Spode's youngest daughter, Anne.
While his brother and his wife remained in Van Diemen's Land, Samuel Spode and his family came back to England in 1826. When they returned to England, they stayed with his sister Sarah and her husband, the potter Charles James Mason (1791–1856), at their house Heron Cottage in the Staffordshire Potteries. Sadly within a year of their return to England, Spode's wife died. Spode remarried on several occasions, by the age of 40, he had been widowed three times. Even though Samuel Spode was able to make a living with his legal training, he preferred to devote his time to painting. Painting was his passion, particularly animal painting, with a focus on horses.
Samuel Spode adored equestrian sports. He painted many horse racing and fox hunting scenes. Spode also painted many famous racehorses, including Birdcatcher, Caractacus and Voltager, winner of both: the Derby and St Leger in 1850. Other prominent horses he portrayed were Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's war horse, which he most famously rode at the Battle of Waterloo, and Ronald, the charger, ridden by Lord Cardigan in the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854. At around 1845, Spode painted several paintings for patrons with Stonehenge in the background. It can therefore be assumed that he lived briefly at nearby Amesbury. The painting The Pinckney Family Coursing at Stonehenge is regarded as his most famous work from this period. Sometimes his patrons liked to be included in the paintings too, like John Dawson Duckett of Duckett's Grove and the Earl of Lonsdale. In 1825, two of Samuel Spode's paintings were reproduced and published in The Sporting Magazine.
In the 1830s, Samuel Spode travelled frequently to Ireland in search of commissions. However, he also worked as a horse trainer at the Curragh Racecourse for some time, as evidenced by a painting by Henry Samuel Alken Jnr (1810–1894), titled and dated S. Spode Training Eastern Bere / 1856. In 1865, despite still being married to his fourth English wife, he claimed to be a bachelor and married an Irish girl named Delia in Dublin.
Samuel Spode died in Dublin on 31 March 1872, leaving several children by several wives. Despite obviously still being married to the Irish girl, who was granted administration of his meagre estate, his death was registered by a Teresa Spode. Her connection to Samuel Spode has never been defined. Samuel Spode worked solely on commissions. Therefore, he never exhibited at any of the well-known exhibitions. As a result, he has been relatively unknown and unrecognised. However, his legacy is impressive, both in the number of paintings and the famous horses he depicted.
International worldwide shipping is available please ask for a quote.
Provenance label verso for framers Smiths of 23 Anglesea Street, Private Equine collection from the vendor, high-end south-west based auction house & in collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
We only select & sell paintings based upon subject, quality & significance.
We provide friendly professional exceptional customer service.
With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display.
Viewings are welcome by appointment only for customer support please send a message thankyou.
Browse our exciting other available fine arts, antiques & collectibles in our gallery.
We offer our clients 100% satisfaction guarantee with all of our fine art, antiques & collectibles!
We ship worldwide with expert bespoke professional wrapping & packing and offer attractive international shipping rates with insurance – please send us your post / zip code and country for a quote.
We Offer Free delivery to most areas of the U.K mainland except for Scottish Highland & Islands – Please send us your post code for a quote thankyou.
Registered Office Address
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ
Company Number 15666518
GB VAT registration number 466128775
Making Payment
Goods can be bought by either International bank wire transfer or domestic BACS payment we can email you an invoice together with our banking instructions. Cash upon collection is also accepted. Shipping is with insurance cover. Import duty and taxes payable by the buyer please enquire if you need any assistance. Delivery time is usually within 2 weeks for International and 1 week for domestic shipping approximate. It can be faster depending upon the size and weight of the item(s) that you ordering from us. You are also welcome to arrange for your own courier to collect as long as we have received full cleared bank transfer payment.
Price
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DimensionsDimensions in centimetres of frame
High (76 cm)
Depth (4.5 cm)
Wide (88.5 cm)
Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art
> Antique Oil Paintings
Date 1840
Early Victorian Antiques Material Oil Painting on Canvas
Origin British
Condition Condition report offered in fine used condition. Painting surface in overall acceptable order, having various foxing stains craquelure to the surface, with some noticeable paint touch-ups to the background area & paint flaking in places. Canvas is unlined & the frame is original & has been overpainted along with having general wear, scuffs, cracking & some losses also repairs commensurate with usage & old age.
Item code as1013a1169
Status For Sale
£10000.00 
$13315.00
€11708.00
$13315.00
€11708.00
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Shipping information
We offer Free Delivery to Mainland England, Wales mainland & Scottish lowlands mainland areas only!
For International buyers please contact us before you order as shipping costs are additional please request a shipping quote, also to advise that any import duty taxes due are additional and are payable by the buyer.
Scottish Highlands & all islands also for International buyers please get in touch for an international shipping quote thankyou. Our preferred Payment is by by BACS Bank Transfer, we can also accept stripe, amazon pay, google pay & paypal.
Confirmation of delivery is provided by email or text message, which includes a courier tracking number and date of posting or collection. Shipping costs are charged based upon the type of shipping service used, either express, standard or economy services and size and weight of item.
Delivery by parcel courier within the UK Mainland will be used for all smalls, paintings & all furniture items allow between 2 to 5 working days delivery time. Online tracking can be provided. International delivery airfreight is available estimated delivery times between 5 to 14 working days approximate upon request by providing your full name and address together with a postal area or zip code and a contact phone number.
Customs Payment & Brexit
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD operates on a Delivery Duty Unpaid (DDU) basis which means that the International buyer is responsible for any import duties, taxes & customs clearance and any other charges which may be necessary to release an order from international customs.
Following the UK leaving the EU on 1st January 2021 (BREXIT) there have been some changes to customs & duty charges for EU customers. Tax and import duty varies from country to country so we recommend you check with your local tax office to see if any fees will be payable.
If the customer refuses to pay any duty and customs charges and the parcel is returned to sender all shipping charges will be deducted from any refund.
For International buyers please contact us before you order as shipping costs are additional please request a shipping quote, also to advise that any import duty taxes due are additional and are payable by the buyer.
Scottish Highlands & all islands also for International buyers please get in touch for an international shipping quote thankyou. Our preferred Payment is by by BACS Bank Transfer, we can also accept stripe, amazon pay, google pay & paypal.
Confirmation of delivery is provided by email or text message, which includes a courier tracking number and date of posting or collection. Shipping costs are charged based upon the type of shipping service used, either express, standard or economy services and size and weight of item.
Delivery by parcel courier within the UK Mainland will be used for all smalls, paintings & all furniture items allow between 2 to 5 working days delivery time. Online tracking can be provided. International delivery airfreight is available estimated delivery times between 5 to 14 working days approximate upon request by providing your full name and address together with a postal area or zip code and a contact phone number.
Customs Payment & Brexit
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD operates on a Delivery Duty Unpaid (DDU) basis which means that the International buyer is responsible for any import duties, taxes & customs clearance and any other charges which may be necessary to release an order from international customs.
Following the UK leaving the EU on 1st January 2021 (BREXIT) there have been some changes to customs & duty charges for EU customers. Tax and import duty varies from country to country so we recommend you check with your local tax office to see if any fees will be payable.
If the customer refuses to pay any duty and customs charges and the parcel is returned to sender all shipping charges will be deducted from any refund.
Terms and conditions
For International buyers please contact us before you order as shipping costs are additional please request a shipping quote, also to advise that any import duty taxes due are additional and are payable by the buyer.
For both domestic & International buyers please get in touch for a shipping quote thankyou. Our payment method is by BACS Bank Transfer for UK domestic clients and for International clients payment is preferred by international bank wire transfer. We no longer accept any Online Card or in person card payments due to payment providers charging us and not returning the processing transaction fee even if an order is fraudulent, cancelled or returned. All Item(s) will need to be settled by bank transfer only. We will email you a proforma invoice with our bank details.
For International buyers Payment is required within 3 calendar days of the sale being agreed.
If payment is not received within this time. Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD reserves the right to consider selling the item (s) to another customer at its discretion.
Deposit payments are accepted, however shipping will not take place until the balance has been paid in full and to advise deposit payments are non refundable.
Upgrades & Exchanges are also offered please ask.
Returns are accepted within 14 days of receipt. The buyer is solely responsible for paying the entire costs of the outbound & return shipping costs also any import costs & duty taxes due. Return authorisation should be requested by sending an email before posting. Once we receive the item in good order as supplied not withstanding notified transit damage, we will return partial refund payment using the same payment method less our shipping costs. For any Refunds given the refund amount will have our cost of the outbound shipping costs deducted.
Customs Payment & Brexit
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD operates on a Delivery Duty Unpaid (DDU) basis which means that the International buyer is responsible for any import duties, taxes & customs which may be necessary to release an order from international customs.
Following the UK leaving the EU on 1st January 2021 (BREXIT) there have been some changes to customs & duty charges for EU customers. Tax and import duty varies from country to country so we recommend you check with your local tax office to see if any fees will be payable.
If the customer refuses to pay any duty and customs charges and the parcel is returned to sender all shipping charges will be deducted from any refund.
For both domestic & International buyers please get in touch for a shipping quote thankyou. Our payment method is by BACS Bank Transfer for UK domestic clients and for International clients payment is preferred by international bank wire transfer. We no longer accept any Online Card or in person card payments due to payment providers charging us and not returning the processing transaction fee even if an order is fraudulent, cancelled or returned. All Item(s) will need to be settled by bank transfer only. We will email you a proforma invoice with our bank details.
For International buyers Payment is required within 3 calendar days of the sale being agreed.
If payment is not received within this time. Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD reserves the right to consider selling the item (s) to another customer at its discretion.
Deposit payments are accepted, however shipping will not take place until the balance has been paid in full and to advise deposit payments are non refundable.
Upgrades & Exchanges are also offered please ask.
Returns are accepted within 14 days of receipt. The buyer is solely responsible for paying the entire costs of the outbound & return shipping costs also any import costs & duty taxes due. Return authorisation should be requested by sending an email before posting. Once we receive the item in good order as supplied not withstanding notified transit damage, we will return partial refund payment using the same payment method less our shipping costs. For any Refunds given the refund amount will have our cost of the outbound shipping costs deducted.
Customs Payment & Brexit
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD operates on a Delivery Duty Unpaid (DDU) basis which means that the International buyer is responsible for any import duties, taxes & customs which may be necessary to release an order from international customs.
Following the UK leaving the EU on 1st January 2021 (BREXIT) there have been some changes to customs & duty charges for EU customers. Tax and import duty varies from country to country so we recommend you check with your local tax office to see if any fees will be payable.
If the customer refuses to pay any duty and customs charges and the parcel is returned to sender all shipping charges will be deducted from any refund.
View all stock from
Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd
Private dealer, by appointment only.71-75 Shelton Street,
Covent Garden,
London, England
WC2H 9JQ.
Tel : 07494 763382
Non UK callers : +44 7494 763382
Get directions to Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd
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