Summary
Print of an original painting of Phar Lap by local artist Daryl Lindsay. This print was published by Melbourne's Sporting Globe newspaper as a colour supplement after Phar Lap's death in April 1932. The original was painted from life by Lindsay.
Description of Content
It shows the horse on the right of the picture, ears pricked, alert and waiting to be covered by a rug which is being carried by a strapper, probably Tommy Woodcock. The boy is wearing a cloth cap and carrying a green horse rug. There are other horse gear in the foreground, and there is a white horse in the background. The painting is set in a grazing paddock, with gum trees and hills.
Physical Description
Coloured print. The print is mounted on a piece of cardboard taken from a clothing or hat box, from The Chicago Store, of 451-453 Sydney Road, Brunswick and of Lygon Street Carlton. The print has been stuck to the cardboard, possibly to be framed.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ms Leah Breninger, 12 Mar 1996
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Artist
Mr Daryl Lindsay, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1932
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Publisher
Sporting Globe, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Apr 1932
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Horse Depicted
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Format
Print - Painting, Colour
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Inscriptions
Printed on front: PHAR LAP: claimed to be the greatest racehorse Australia has known/ Chestnut gelding by Night Raid - Entreaty, aged 5 years. Owners, D.J.Davis and H.R.Telford. Bred Timaru (N.Z.) 1926, died California (U.S.A.) April 5, 1932./Bought for 160 gns., won 37 races (36 in Australia) worth nearly 70,000 [pounds]. Won Melbourne Cup as a four year old, carrying 9.12./ Highest stake winner in Australia and third highest in the world. Supplement Sporting G..
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Overall Dimensions
400 mm (Width), 288 mm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
5 mm (Length), 400 mm (Width), 290 mm (Height)
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Dimensions
400 mm (Width), 290 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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Keywords
Art, Artists, Horse Racing, Newspapers, Paintings, Prints, Sport, Making History - Phar Lap
