'Scrub', a Shooting Pony, aged 30 and two Clumber Spaniels
Abraham Cooper (London 1787 - Greenwich 1868)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1815 (exh at RA)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
248 x 330 mm (9 3/4 x 13 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732222
Summary
Oil painting on panel, 'Scrub', a Shooting Pony, aged 30 and two Clumber Spaniels by Abraham Cooper (London 1787 – Greenwich 1868), 1815. Colt Hoare's white pony, on the right, and two dogs stand outside a doorway of a brick building with a round window, the landscape can be seen beyond on the right. Colt Hoare commissioned this picture of his 30 year old pony in 1815.
Provenance
Commissioned by Richard Colt Hoare 2nd Bt (1758 – 1838) in 1815 and thence by descent; given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Abraham Cooper (London 1787 - Greenwich 1868), artist