A Huntsman encouraging Hounds
Abraham Cooper (London 1787 - Greenwich 1868)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1807 - 1868
Materials
Oil on board
Measurements
298 x 378 mm. (11 3/4 x 14 7/8 in.)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515750
Summary
Oil painting on board, A Huntsman encouraging Hounds by Abraham Cooper (London 1787 – Greenwich 1868). Huntsman riding a brown horse, galloping to the left, huntsman turned away from spectator, his top hand on his right hand, encouraging hunting dogs to left and right and many coming up from behind from a slope, two other huntsman can be seen in the background, one on the left and one on the right. Scrubland with distant horizon, Blue sky with clouds.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Gilt tablet affixed to bottom of frame, inscribed:
Makers and roles
Abraham Cooper (London 1787 - Greenwich 1868), artist