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The complete set of 12 Hand Coloured Prints after the original paintings of Famous American Thoroughbreds by Franklin Brooke Voss. Various numbers from an edition of 260.

The list of each print subject, owner, and publication year is as follows:
Man o’ War – winner of the Travers Stakes, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes, all in 1920. Owner – Samuel D. Riddle. 1934.
Twenty Grand – winner of the Wood Memorial, Travers Stakes, Kentucky Derby, and Belmont Stakes, all in 1931. Owner – Greentree Stable. 1934.
Equipoise – winner of the Havre de Grace, Whitney, Metropolitan, Arlington, and Suburban.
Billy Barton – winner of the Maryland Grand National twice, Virginia Gold Cup, and Pennsylvania Hunt Cup. Owner – Howard Bruce. 1934.
Blue Larkspur – winner of the 1929 Belmont Stakes, inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1957. Owner – Colonel Edward Riley Bradley. 1934.
Sun Beau – Inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame, three times U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (1929, 1930, 1931). Owner – Willis Sharpe Kilmer. 1934.
Jolly Roger – winner of the Elkridge Steeplechase, twice winner of the American Grand National. Owner – Mrs. Payne Whitney. 1934.
Exterminator – winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby, inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1957. Owner – J. Cal Milam and Willis Sharpe Kilmer. 1934.
Top Flight – American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1931), American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1932). Owner – Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. 1934.
Gallant Fox – winner of the United States Triple Crown (1930) and 1957 Hall of Fame inductee. Owner – Belair Stud. 1934.
Discovery – U.S. Champion Male Handicap Horse (1936) and Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1969). Owner – Adolphe Pons and Alfred G. Vanderbilt II. 1936.
Seabiscuit – U.S. Champion Handicap Male (1937 & 1938), U.S. Horse of the Year (1938). Owner – Charles Howard. 1940.

Franklin Brooke Voss, an American sporting artist, was born in 1880 in New York City, New York. He studied at the Art Students League of New York under Canadian-American artist George Bridgman. Voss gained recognition for his equestrian works, which featured some of the most renowned thoroughbred racehorses in the sport. Among his notable works are depictions of Equipoise, Seabiscuit, War Admiral, Sir Barton, Whirlaway, and Man o’ War. The latter is widely regarded as the greatest racehorse of all time, having won 20 out of 21 races. Voss completed commissions for prominent patrons such as the Whitney and Vanderbilt families. In addition to being in many private collections, his works can be found in public collections like the National Sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg, Virginia and the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Provenance

The Property of a Collector.