LOT 1285 After Sir John Watson Gordon Portrait of John Taylor, Captai...
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After Sir John Watson Gordon Portrait of John Taylor, Captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, with his caddy Oil on canvas 74.8 x 63.5cm; 29½ x 25in Provenance: Mr and Mrs James de Rothschild; By whom presented to the Personal Service League (according to label) The work shows John Taylor, in his red captain`s jacket, about to tee off on the original course of The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers on Leith Links. In 1744 this group (then known as `the gentlemen golfers`) had drawn up the first official rules for a tournament which were to form the basis for the modern game of golf.
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