'Otho, with John Larkin Up' in the style of George Stubbs Water Features Width: 41cm | Depth: 41cm

Width: 41cm  |  Depth: 41cm  |  Height: 50cm

Aperture width 90 cm

The entire piece is set on a flame mahogany veneered plinth base

circa 1785-90

Width: 134cm  |  Depth: 50cm  |  Height: 85cm

'Otho, with John Larkin Up' in the style of George Stubbs Water Features Width: 41cm | Depth: 41cmThis oil painting is an interpretation of "Otho, with John Larkin Up" in the style of George Stubbs. Based on the original dated 1768. Otho was a racehorse of moderate success until 1767, the final year of his racing career, when he secured several victories at Newmarket. This portrait, featuring the mounted jockey John Larkin beside one of the rubbing down houses at Newmarket, likely commissioned to celebrate these triumphs. Stubbs was often