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Joan Walker Oil Portrait of Jockey Issac Murphy

Item Details

An oil portrait on canvas of a jockey named Issac Murphy, painted by artist Jean Esaman Walker. This work depicts Murphy, who was known to have ridden three Kentucky Derby-winning horses, in a yellow-and-white striped uniform, his face turned slightly away from the viewer. This painting is signed and dated ‘1985’ to its lower right corner, and is mounted in a gold tone frame with black vine-like detailing, a hanging wire and a notation regarding Murphy’s race history to its verso.

Condition

- scratching abrasion to lower left corner of painting; dust present throughout; wear to frame.

Dimensions

23.5" W x 27.5" H x 1.0" D

- measures frame; visible image measures: 19.5" W x 23.5" H.

Item #

17LEX216-102

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