Thomas Lupton after Abraham Cooper

Fleur-de-Lis
The Property of His Majesty, late in the possession of Sir M. W. Ridley Bart MP to whom this Plate is most humbly dedicated by his obliged Servant, A. Cooper

24 21 inches

Fleur-de-Lis was foaled in 1822 (got by Bourbon out of Lady Rachel) and won her first race, the Filly Stakes at Newcastle, in 1825. After a distinguished career at Newcastle, York, Pontefract, Doncaster and Lincoln in the mid-1820s she was sold to King George IV.