# Sir Mark Wood with Vespa

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HERRING, John Frederick the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herring-john-frederick-the-elder-r10789dc3903a65>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 71 x 92 cm

## Commentary

Sir Mark Wood \(1794-1837\) was one of the leading racehorse owners of the 1830s. He is depicted here with Vespa, winner of The Oaks at Epsom in 1833, together with her trainer, H. Scott, a stable lad and a groom holding a grey hack.

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- [Bay Middleton](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herring-john-frederick-the-elder-r10789dc3903a65/bay-middleton-r964e22e74653e8>)
- [&#39;Mameluke&#39;, the Winner of the Derby Stakes at Epsom, 1827](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herring-john-frederick-the-elder-r10789dc3903a65/mameluke-the-winner-of-the-derby-stakes-at-epsom-1827-r118bce3f8c307c>)
- [Two Gentlemen with Their Hunters](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herring-john-frederick-the-elder-r10789dc3903a65/two-gentlemen-with-their-hunters-r184bc48361daa9>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)