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Fox Hunter on Horse with Hounds, Attributed to Gilpin, Oil on Canvas, Circa 1790
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An exquisite circa 1790 equestrian oil on canvas of a red-coated and bewigged gentleman fox hunter with outstretched arm and hand holding cap, 'riding to hounds' on a galloping bay horse with three foxhounds at lower left and puppy lower right coursing on the ground in a countryside landscape attributed to English painter Sawrey Gilpin, presented in a possibly original giltwood frame with inner 'lamb's tongue' border. Canvas measures 35.13" x 28".
Biography: Sawrey Gilpin (1733 - 1807)
Sawrey Gilpin was born near Carlisle in Cumberland, the seventh child of Captain John Bernard Gilpin, a landscape painter, and his wife Matilda née Langstaffe. He showed artistic talent from a young age under the tutelage of his father, who sent him to London in 1749 to study with the marine painter Samuel Scott.
Gilpin spent nine years with Scott, first as apprentice then as assistant. During this time, he became fascinated with street markets and animals he encountered around London. He came to the attention of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Ranger of Windsor Great Park, who in 1758 commissioned Gilpin to draw at his stud farms at Newmarket and Windsor.
Gilpin married Elizabeth Broom in 1759, with whom he went on to have six children, including the landscape artist and gardener William Sawrey Gilpin (1761/2-1843).
Gilpin exhibited with the Incorporated Society of Artists from 1762 until 1783, becoming its President in 1774. From 1768 Gilpin exhibited at the Royal Academy, and continued exhibiting pictures there every year until his death. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1795 and became a full member in 1797.
Throughout his career, Gilpin was overshadowed by fellow animal-painter George Stubbs. Both artists suffered from the lack of recognition given to animal painting as a lesser genre. Gilpin sought to elevate the status of his art by depicting horses as if they had emotions and personalities akin to humans. Gilpin was more interested in portraying horses in motion, whereas Stubbs concentrated on the anatomy of the horse.
Gilpin’s wife died around 1802 and he moved to stay at Southill, Bedfordshire at the invitation of his friend and patron Samuel Whitbread. In 1805 Gilpin returned to London to live with his daughters, where he died in 1807.
Biography courtesy of the The Royal Academy, London.
Literature:
Sparrow, Walter Shaw. 'British Sporting Artists', London: Spring Books, 1965, pp. 11, 171, 180-81, 185.
- Dimensions:Height: 32.5 in (82.55 cm)Width: 39.25 in (99.7 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
- Style:George III (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1790
- Condition:Additions or alterations made to the original: Relined. Wear consistent with age and use. Giltwood frame with minor wear, canvas with minor paint craquelure and scuffing, presents beautifully.
- Seller Location:Kinderhook, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1002141955942
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