Item 20: Riding whip of Lachlan Macquarie the Younger, 1838
Item 20: Riding whip of Lachlan Macquarie the Younger, 1838
About this item
Full title
Date
1838
Call Numbers
LR 44
Record Identifier
Reference Code
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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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
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
LR 44
Record Identifier
n88EOgPn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88EOgPn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
430604
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