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This painting of a light bay mare has hung as a pair with a dark bay stallion in Brodsworth’s billiard room since the house was built in the 1860s.

This painting has been attributed to Barenger because it has an identical gilt frame with shell mouldings as a painting of a stallion at Brodsworth which is signed and dated by Barenger.

It is one of several paintings at Brodsworth Hall which reflect John Theobald’s passion for the turf. He gradually built up a major commercial stud at Stockwell, Middlesex, and had his greatest successes in racing in the 1830s and 1840s. A group of mares and foals of the Theobald Stud were also painted by Barenger.

English Heritage, Brodsworth Hall

Doncaster

Title

Light Bay Mare

Date

c.1812

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 70 x W 90 cm

Accession number

90009352

Acquisition method

purchased, as part of the contents of Brodsworth Hall, from Pamela Williams by the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to English Heritage, 1990