A Bay Hunter in a Landscape
Thomas Walker Bretland (Nottingham 1802 - Nottingham 1874)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1842 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
610 x 740 mm
Place of origin
Shenton
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290287
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Bay Hunter in a Landscape by Thomas Walker Bretland (Nottingham 1802 – Nottingham 1874), signed; 'T. Bretland' and inscribed 'Shenton. Notts 1842'. A bay horse in a landscape with a country house in the background. The horse is seen by a tree, under a stormy 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
Shenton. Notts 1842 (inscribed)
Makers and roles
Thomas Walker Bretland (Nottingham 1802 - Nottingham 1874), artist