Saucebox 1855 Winner Of The St.Leger Watercolour pastel Thetis dipping Achilles into the

Thetis dipping Achilles into the River Styx

This particular drawing formed the basis for the stipple engraving by Thomas Woolnoth Published by Simpson and Marshall in 1819

Provenance Agnews London

Executed on laid paper laid on to later backing sheet

Saucebox 1855 Winner Of The St.Leger Watercolour pastel Thetis dipping Achilles into theWilliam Sextie 1821 1887. Watercolour drawing. Equestrian portrait of 'Saucebox' Winner of the Doncaster St. Leger in 1855. Owned and trained by Tom Parr and ridden by John Wells. Saucebox was a bay colt by St. Lawrence out of Priscilla Tomboy and was the 80th. Winner of the St. Leger. The prize value to the winner at the time was 2,710 (equivalent to @300,000 today). This painting was used as the basis for the aquatint engraving published by