£15,000 - £20,000
John Willis Good (British, 1845 - 1879)
Pair of Racehorses and Jockeys
c. 1875
Bronze with a brown patina with lighter reddy highlights
Signed 'J. Willis Good', dated '1875'
Produced using the sand-casting process probably at Elkington and Co., Birmingham, circa 1875
The present pair of bronzes are thought depict the jockey Fred Archer on the racehorse Atlantic, who was owned by the Duke of Westminster.
Provenance:
Private collection, France
Literature:
'Les Animaliers' by Jane Horswell, 1971.
'Animals in Bronze', by Christopher Payne, 1989.
Dimensions:
11 in. (H) x 12 in. (W)
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