Francis Stringer

Samuel Frith, Bank Hall, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire (commissioned from the artist);

Sotheby's London, 15 November 1989, lot 114;

Sotheby's New York, 3 June 1994, lot 28.

This painting was commissioned by Samuel Frith (1753-1828) of Bank Hall, Chapel-en-le-Frith, to commemorate a memorable day's hunting on December 8, 1878. He and his huntsmen stand in a field called The Hayes, above Bank Hall.

Frith was an agent for the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. He was also a J.P. and High Sheriff in 1791. In 1803, he became a Captain of Bowden Chapel Volunteers, and two years later, Colonel Commandant of the North High Peak Battalion.