A Race Meeting
by WOOTTON, John, Oil on canvas, 114 x 194 cm
This painting depicts a race meeting on the celebrated Round Course at Newmarket, watched by the Duke of Wharton and Tregonwell Frampton, who was Keeper of the King’s running horses at Newmarket under three sovereigns. Newmarket was established by James I in 1606 as the earliest centre for racing in England, the first race taking place in 1622