A Chestnut Horse in a Landscape
George Henry Jenkins (fl. from 1881)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1880 - 1899
Materials
Oil on canvas and wood
Measurements
990 x 1230 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290442
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Chestnut Horse in a Landscape by George Henry Jenkins (fl. from 1881), signed lower left 'G.H. Jenkins'. Chestnut horse in a landscape, its bridle attached to a post. It wears a western style side-saddle and has a white blaze and one white hoof. Foliage in the foreground and landscape beyond.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with - 1981) to the National Trust 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 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
G.H. Jenkins (inscribed on frame lower left)
Makers and roles
George Henry Jenkins (fl. from 1881), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Benjamin Killingbeck (fl.1763 - 1790), artist