Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare's Favourite Hunter
John Alfred Wheeler (Andover 1821 – Hanwell 1903)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1873 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
699 x 902 mm (27 1/2 x 35 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Bath
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732370
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare's Favourite Hunter by John Alfred Wheeler (Andover 1821 – Hanwell 1903) signed and dated: J. A. Wheeler, Snr. Bath '73. A dapple-grey horse stands in profile in a stable with its head to the left where a landscape can just be seen beyond through the window.
Provenance
Commissoned by Sir Henry Ainslie Haore, 5th Bt ( 1824 - 1894); given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
John Alfred Wheeler (Andover 1821 – Hanwell 1903), artist