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* Henry Barraud 1811-1874
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Description
- Henry Barraud
- Charles Davis, Huntsman to her Majesty, on Hermit with Harry King, the First Whip and the Royal Buckhounds
- signed lower left H Barraud
- oil on canvas
Provenance
With Scott & Fowles, New York;
From whom purchased by the grandmother of the present owner.
From whom purchased by the grandmother of the present owner.
Catalogue Note
This painting is a reduced variant of the left hand group of figures in the portrait of The Earl Granville, Master of the Royal Buckhounds 1847-1849, with the Earl of Chesterfield, Master 1834-1836, and hunt servants at a meet by William and Henry Barraud that was with Richard Green, London (see London, Richard Green, Annual Exhibition of Sporting Paintings, October 1996, no. 19, reproduced).
Charles Davis was the most famous of the Royal Buckhounds who held office from 1835 to 1867. His father was Huntsman to the Royal Harriers and his brother was the sporting artist Richard Barret Davis.