Francis Grant

Sale 75 Lot 1395 SIR FRANCIS GRANT (Scottish, 1803 - 1878). YOUNG GENTLEMAN ON PONY, oil on canvas Click here to view supplemental information for this lot. - Framed, 36 in. x 27 1/4 in. Estimate $25,000-50,000 Depicting a young handsome young boy, astride his adorable black pony in the woods, wearing a blue jacket and jodhpurs, holding his riding crop before a large tree. Titled on a plaque in center bottom of frame. PROVENANCE: Sloans, North Bethesda MD, lot 2677, February 16, 1992

Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A. (1803-1878) Portrait of John Whyte-Melville of Bennochy and Strathkiness (1797-1883), full-length, in a pink and green Captain's coat, grey trousers and black hat, holding his Wood in his right hand, the Swilcan Bridge with golfers and the Royal and Ancient Clubhouse beyond with number '25' (lower left) oil on canvas 28½ x 18 in. (72.4 x 45.7 cm.) The artist and by descent in the family. Christie's Scotland, 18 July 1991, lot 758. The present painting is a smaller version of the portrait hanging in The Royal and Ancient Clubhouse, St. Andrews, which was commissioned by the members of the Union Club of St. Andrews and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1875 (no. 212), and at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1876 (no. 320). John Whyte-Melville of Bennochy and Strathkinness was born on 21 June 1797, and on 1 June 1819 he married Lady Catherine Anne Sarah Osborne, youngest daughter of the 5th Duke of Leeds. His role in the history of golf is confirmed by his inclusion as one of the figures in one of the most important paintings depicting the sport; Charles Lees's celebrated masterpiece The Grand Match (1847, National Portrait Gallery of Scotland). In October 1816 he became a member of The Royal and Ancient and was elected Captain of the Club in 1823. In 1853 he seconded an important resolution proposed by John Grant uniting the Royal and Ancient Golf Club with The Union Club, and in the same year was asked to lay the foundation stone of the new clubhouse. He is also renowned for a famous survival bet made with Sir David Moncreiff in 1820. The terms of the curious wager stipulated that on the death of one of them, the other should donate to the club a silver putter on which the arms of the two parties were engraved. His son, George Whyte-Melville, the Victorian novelist, is recorded as having said that he could not go round the Links as well or as often as his father. The old man played until he was well over eighty-five, two rounds on three days every week, in all weather conditions.

Lot 94 Sir Francis Grant British, circa 1803-1878 Study of a Hand Holding a Hunting Horn and Riding Hat Pastel on buff paper 20 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches (52.5 x 37.3 cm) Provenance: Dickenson Gallery, London C Estimate $800-1,200 Hinged with what appear to be acid-free hinges to the mount, at upper left and upper right. Otherwise sheet free. Along the lower margin the sheet is folded up and behind; creating a 2 3/4 inch wide flap. Minor staining and foxing. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

Sir Francis Grant PRA, British 1803-1878- 'Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Norman'; oil on canvas, inscribed verso on canvas, 52x45cm Provenance: Dickinson, agents and dealers in fine art, London SW1, Property of the Markham family, William Markham married Daisy Grant, daughter of Sir Francis Grant RA, and thence by descent

Sir Francis Grant (1803-1878) Two horse-drawn coaches passing on the road signed twice 'F. Grant/F. Grant fe.' (lower right) and indistinctly inscribed (vertically, left edge) pen and brown ink and brown and grey wash 4¼ x 5¾ in. (11 x 14.6 cm.); and Two studies of horse-drawn carriages, coachmen and carts by Frederick Nash (3)