A Chestnut Hunter saddled outside a Stable
William Webb (Tamworth 1790 - Melton Mowbray 1856)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1822
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
660 x 864 mm (26 x 34 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271078
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Chestnut Hunter saddled outside a Stable by William Webb (Tamworth 1780 - Melton Mowbray 1856), signed: W. Webb, circa 1822. Equestrian portrait of a chestnut hunter saddled, standing in profile to the left outside a stable. Hounds with a whipper-in are visible in the distance at the right.
Provenance
Commssioned by the 2nd Lord Anson; transferred to the National Trust with Shugborough’s park and contents of the state rooms, in part-payment of death-duties to the Treasury, following the death of Thomas, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883 - 1960)
Makers and roles
William Webb (Tamworth 1790 - Melton Mowbray 1856), artist