A Chestnut Hunter in a Field
Edwin Cooper (Bury St Edmunds 1785 - Norwich 1833)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1827 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
620 x 800 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290350
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Chestnut Hunter in a Field by Edwin Cooper (Bury St Edmunds 1785 - Norwich 1833), signed, lower right: Edwin Cooper Pinx and dated 1827. A chestnut hunter is shown standing in a field, facing left, a thatched shed in the left corner. The horse has a clipped tail, a white star and one white rear fetlock. In the background is a greyish landscape and 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
Edwin Cooper Pinx, 1827 (inscribed lower right)
Makers and roles
Edwin Cooper (Bury St Edmunds 1785 - Norwich 1833), artist