By Heywood Hardy
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Heywood Hardy
British, (1842-1933)
A Visit to the Blacksmith’s
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1902
Image size: 26.75 inches x 22 inches
Size including frame: 34.5 inches x 29.75 inches
Provenance: Willow Gallery, Duke Street, London
A wonderful painting of a lady and gentleman in 18th century costume visiting a blacksmith's by Heywood Hardy. To the left, a woman is shown sitting side saddle upon a bay horse, facing towards a blacksmith's forge. To her right, a man wearing a red coat and black hat watches on as a farrier shoes a grey horse. Meanwhile, a foxhound stands in the middle of the group, with its attention caught by the woman and her horse.
Heywood Hardy was born into an artistic family in Chichester, Sussex on the 25 November, 1842 to the portrait and genre painter James Hardy Snr (1801-1879) and his wife Elizabeth. His cousins Frederick Daniel Hardy...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings