Details
The horse and figure on shaped oblong base chased to simulate grass, the group with the figure of Queen Henrietta Maria in full dress chased with fleur-de-lys and adorned with jewels, mounted on a horse draped with a latticed blanket, Prince Rupert of the Rhine bowing at her side on one knee, his hat resting on the ground, on a Cornish marble and wood shaped oblong stepped plinth applied with four panels depicting on the long side in profile a medallion of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta-Maria in between the Royal arms of England, the ends with the arms of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, marked on foot, cape and base, inscription on base, signed 'Executed by Elkington, Mason and Company 1852-1853'
2934 in. (75 cm.) high
weight of weighable silver
357 oz. 18 dwt. (11,232 gr.)
Provenance
Commissioned from Elkington and Company by the Warwick Race Committee, run for at Warwick Races on Wednesday, 8 September 1853,
Won by Mr Barber's 3 year old horse 'Goorkah'.
Literature
The Illustrated London News, 'Warwick Race Plate', 10 September 1853, p. 16, column 3, illustrated.
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Lot Essay

The subject of this race prize, beautifully modelled by the French born sculptor Pierre-Emile Jeannest (1813-1857), is the meeting of Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669) and Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-1682), the great Civil War military commander and nephew of King Charles I, near Stratford-upon-Avon in 1643. The Queen was travelling to meet her husband King Charles I on the plain of Kineton, under Edgehill during the first Civil War of 1642-1646. At the outbreak of the war Queen Henrietta Maria was at The Hague raising funds for the Royalist army. Following a very rough crossing from the Netherlands she was travelling through England to be reunited with the King. They spent the latter part of 1643 together in Oxford, with the Queen living in the Warden's Lodgings of Merton College. By March 1644, following a defeat at Alresford, Hampshire, Oxford was deemed to be at risk. The Queen left the city for Bath with the King travelling with her as far as Abingdon. It was the last time they would see each other. Henrietta Maria left England for France via Falmouth on 14 July. The King returned to Oxford with his sons. He continued to fight until 1648 when he was captured and executed the following year. Henrietta Maria stayed in France under the protection of her family and returned to London after the restoration of her son King Charles II as monarch in 1660, but the damp climate of London caused her to travel to France in 1665 where she remained until her death in 1669. She was buried in the Royal vault of St. Denis, Paris, however, her heart was placed in a silver casket and buried at the convent she founded in Chaillot.

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