A Saddled Grey Hunter with a Spaniel in a Wooded Landscape
Clifton Tomson (Nottingham 1775 – 1831)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1824 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
580 x 710 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290285
Summary
Oil painting on canvas A Saddled Grey Hunter with a Spaniel in a Wooded Landscape by Clifton Tomson (Nottingham 1775 – 1831)signed 'Clifton Thomson' and dated 1824. A saddled grey hunter standing in a wooded landscape, a spaniel with a black head running up to the horse. The horse has a cropped tail.
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
Clifton Thomson 1824 (inscribed)
Makers and roles
Clifton Tomson (Nottingham 1775 – 1831), artist