William Smith (fl.1813-1847)

Hunt servants and hounds, with stables beyond

Details

William Smith (fl.1813-1847)
Hunt servants and hounds, with stables beyond
signed and dated 'W^m Smith/1837' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61.6 cm.)

Provenance

Purchased from Arthur Ackermann and Son Ltd., London, 1930.

Literature

W. Shaw Sparrow, A Book of Sporting Painters, London, 1931, p. 177.

Lot Essay

Shaw Sparrow remarked that it is 'One of the best oil-colours that I have seen by this artist'. Little is known of William Smith who exhibited nearly fifty pictures at leading London exhibitions between 1813 and 1847 from addresses both in London and in Shropshire. He moved to Shrewsbury in the 1830s and his later paintings were executed in the Welsh borders.

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