The Jockey Club A Catalogue And The Story Of Its Creation Over Three Centuries

Description

The Jockey Club and its remarkable collection are part of racing's heritage. Assembled over three centuries, the collection contains some of the best racing art in existence including paintings by George Stubbs, J.F. Herring, and Sir Alfred Munnings among many works by lesser artists. Taken as a whole the contents of the Club's premises in Newmarket are enough to fascinate anyone with even a passing interest in sporting pictures or racing. This catalogue much extends the previous one privately published in 2006; in this new publication works are illustrated and arranged alphabetically by artist with short biographies. There are a large number of additions of which the most interesting are a particularly fine painting by John Ferneley and a portrait of The Queen with her Ascot Gold Cup winner, Estimate. The accompanying text by David Oldrey combines his knowledge of racing s history with that of the art it has generated to give a unique insight into the links between the two.