Description:Painting depicts the bay stallion Iroquois facing right. Jockey is wearing red silks with black stripes on the arms and a black cap. There are two other horses in the background.
History:Frame is a giltwood molding with brass plaque inscribed, “IROQUOIS/1878-1900/Imp./Leamington – Maggie B.B. The first American-bred ever to have won the English Derby 1881. Also winner of the Prince of Wales Stakes, St. James Palace Stakes, the St. Leger, the Newmarket Derby, etc. Retired to stud at Belle Meade, where he is buried.” Harry Hall was born in Cambridge, England in 1814. He wrote for Tattersall’s British Racehorses in London, and also worked for The Field as chief artist. He also contributed to The Illustrated London News. According to The Dictionary of British Equestrian Artists, “He was a very capable artist and at his best his racehorse portraiture is comparable to that of Herring.” (Note: J.F. Herring was a major British equestrian artist.)
Notes:Iroquois was a bay stallion with a small star, a thin stripe on this face and a white coronet band on his left front left. He stood at 16 hands. He was by Leamington out of Maggie BB by Australia. Iroquois was the leading sire in 1892. The stallion was originally owned by Pierre Lorillard. Iroquois became the first American bred horse to win the English Derby in 1881. He also won the St. Leger Stakes, another major European race. Location: East Side Hall
