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Lot Description

Otto Eerelmann

(Dutch, 1839-1926)

Racehorse Sam Hood, 1865

oil on canvas

signed and dated indistinctly (lower right)

17 x 22 inches.

Lot note:
The present painting depicts the horse, Sam Hood, which won the Maiden Plate at Rochester, 1848, and the West Kent Stakes, 1849, when owned by a Mr. Douglas.

Condition Report

Canvas is relined. There is stabilized and flat craquelure throughout the canvas. The paint surface is flat from the lining process but otherwise in good condition. Under UV light: clean varnish; very few retouches, mostly on the horse's hind legs and tail.

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