Lot 46: Sporting Pictures

Mr. J.B. Morris's 'Kingston' with E. 'Nat' Flatman up
oil on canvas
28 x 36in (71.1 x 91.4cm)

PROVENANCE:
with Arthur Ackermann & Son, Ltd., London;
with Barrie A. Wright, New York.

Elnathan 'Nat' Flatman (1810–1860) was a British champion flat racing jockey. He began his thirty-four year racing career as an apprentice jockey at age fifteen. By 1840 he was dominating British racing, winning the Champion Jockey title thirteen years in a row. Flatman won the Goodwood Cup three times, the last was with 'Kingston' in 1852.