A Saddled Bay Hunter outside a Stable Entrance
Clifton Tomson (Nottingham 1775 – 1831)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1810 (inscribed)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
620 x 760 mm
Place of origin
Nottingham
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire, Midlands, National Trust
NT 290266
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Saddled Bay Hunter outside a Stable Entrance by Clifton Thomson (Nottingham 1775 – 1831), inscribed 'Nottingham 1810'. The saddled bay horse is turned to the right and is tied up to a stable wall on the left, which reveals an rounded arch entrance and circular window. On the right of the picture is a fence with some cattle in a field behind. Distant horizon with a church spire. Pink sunset or sunrise clouds.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Marks and inscriptions
Nottingham 1810
Makers and roles
Clifton Tomson (Nottingham 1775 – 1831), artist