Henry Stull

Henry Stull
American, 1851-1913
Dobbins, 1893
Signed Henry Stull and dated 1893 (lr)
Oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 28 inches (55 x 71.1 cm)

Provenance:
The Greenwich Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Private collection, New Jersey
Sale, Doyle, New York, Nov. 10, 2010, lot 220

Along with Edward Troye, Henry Stull is considered by many to have been the outstanding painter of thoroughbred horses in the United States in the late nineteenth century. This portrait of Dobbins was completed shortly after the magnificent thoroughbred was acquired by Richard Croker for $20,200.

C Estate of James W. Smith