Thomas Blinks

"The Steeplechase," circa 1900, a group of four colored prints, presented in wide oak frames. Thomas Blinks, the foremost sporting and animal painter of his generation, circa 1860-1912.

Sporting Print Of Setters. A Thomas Blinks Photogravure, Steady! A wonderful large photogravure after Thomas Blinks original painting. Framed in original carved oak frame with gold s...

Thomas Blinks Photogravure, Waiting For The Guns. A wonderful titled colour photogravure of four hunting dogs, setters, after Thomas Blinks original painting, Waiting For The Guns. F...

Thomas Blinks British, (1853-1910) Midday Rest Oil on canvas, signed & dated (18)87 Image size: 11.5 inches x 17.5 inches Size including frame: 20.25 inches x 26.25 inches A pleasing landscape painting of a plough team at rest next to a barn by Thomas Blinks. Three horses are shown eating hay from a cart in the shade of a barn. Two figures and a dog are also depicted taking their repast. On the left of the scene, open fields can be seen through a gate whilst in the far distance a church and other buildings can be made out on the brow of a hill. Thomas Blinks was born in Maidstone, Kent on 29 October 1853 to Richard Blinks and Eleanor Poile. His father was a master butcher in Ticehurst and the family lived above the shop, which is still operates as a butchers today. Thomas initially worked for his father but his talent for art soon took him in another direction. He married Louisa Anne Winterbottom on 11 April 1874, at Rye, Sussex and together they had 3 children. They lived in Hawkhurst, Kent before moving to Hackney, London in 1878. Whilst largely self- taught, Blinks would have learnt basic anatomy from working with his father, but he also spent time at Tattersalls canine and horse auctions...