. Eclipse & OKelly : being a complete history so far as is known of that celebrated English thoroughbred Eclipse (1764-1789), of his breeder the Duke of Cumberland & of his subsequent owners William Wildman, Dennis OKelly & Andrew OKelly, now for the first time set forth from the original authorities & family memoranda . THE START. BY ROWLANDSON very far from being the graceless ruffian of obscure origin he has till now been pictured ; and that he had learnt a good Italian hand is evident from the signature to a document drawn up in 1769, which I reproduce in this book. Dennis
. Eclipse & OKelly : being a complete history so far as is known of that celebrated English thoroughbred Eclipse (1764-1789), of his breeder the Duke of Cumberland & of his subsequent owners William Wildman, Dennis OKelly & Andrew OKelly, now for the first time set forth from the original authorities & family memoranda . THE START. BY ROWLANDSON very far from being the graceless ruffian of obscure origin he has till now been pictured ; and that he had learnt a good Italian hand is evident from the signature to a document drawn up in 1769, which I reproduce in this book. Dennis O'Kelly was born about 1720, and it seems likely that his elder brother Philip (who later on looked after the stud farm at Epson) was obliged to work at some trade or another to assist in supporting the family during the early days of their life in Ireland. Dennis seems to have grown restless first, and went over to England at about the age of five-and-twenty to make his fortune. Apart from the miniature reproduced here, it would be 93
Size: 2884px × 1734px
Photo credit: © The Bookworm Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishe, booksubjectchr1907
