A Bay Hunter
Daniel Clowes (Chester 1774 - Chester 1829)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1794 - 1829
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
635 x 940 mm (25 x 37 in)
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932342
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Bay Hunter by Daniel Clowes (Chester 1774 - Chester 1829), signed bottom left: Danl. Clowes / Pinxt. A portrait of a Bay hunter horse, turned to the left in a landscape consisting of shattered stump of a tree on the left, rocks, trees and other vegetation on the right, and a distant view of rocky outcrop and a blue cloudy sky.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust with the house, estate and all the contents of Dunham Massey by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896 - 1976)
Marks and inscriptions
(signed by the artist)
Makers and roles
Daniel Clowes (Chester 1774 - Chester 1829), artist
References
Laing 1990 Alastair Laing, 'Sensible, Sincere Creatures', Country LIfe, 8 February 1990, pp.62-5