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Item 20: Riding whip of Lachlan Macquarie the Younger, 1838

Item 20: Riding whip of Lachlan Macquarie the Younger, 1838

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88EOgPn

Item 20: Riding whip of Lachlan Macquarie the Younger, 1838

About this item

Full title

Item 20: Riding whip of Lachlan Macquarie the Younger, 1838

Date

1838

Call Numbers

LR 44

Record Identifier

n88EOgPn

Reference Code

430604

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

Objects - 98 cm. long - leather tie around the shaft between the 2 ferrules - 1 whip, black woven exterior, slightly tapering from the base with carved metal ferrule at the base and a smaller carved metal ferrule approx. 23 cm. above the base, finishing with a frayed rope tip

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Copying Conditions

Out of copyright

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Alternative Titles

Full title

Item 20: Riding whip of Lachlan Macquarie the Younger, 1838

Notes

General note

The whip at one time had on the top a small golden statue of a horse. It is the replica of a famous trophy called "The Whip" which is still competed for in Irish horse racing. Source: Library Officer, Sept. 1962

Digital order no:Album ID : 866885

Signature / Inscriptions

"This whip given by Lord Mulgrave to be run for at the Garrison Races, June 1838. Won by Captn. Macquarie's bay horse Magpie beating 13 others" -- engraved on base ferrule
"Thorn [?] Crowther & Co. 185 Regent Street" -- engraved on base ferrule

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Mr & Mrs Charles Graham Campbell of Jura, Argyllshire, Scotland, 1962

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

LR 44

Record Identifier

n88EOgPn

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88EOgPn

Other Identifiers

Reference code

430604

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