A Saddled Bay Hunter in a Landscape, beside a Fence
Clifton Tomson (Nottingham 1775 – 1831)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1810 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
660 x 860 mm
Place of origin
Nottingham
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290259
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Saddled Bay Hunter in a Landscape beside a Fence by Clifton Tomson (Nottingham 1775 – 1831), signed along the bottom 'Clifton Tomson pinxit. Nottingham, 1810'. The saddled horse, turned to the left, has a docked tail its reins tied to the fance left and stands in a landscape with distant horizon with church and sheep. Blue cloudy sky.
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 pinxit. Nottingham, 1810
Makers and roles
Clifton Tomson (Nottingham 1775 – 1831), artist