Lot Essay
Tom Oldacre, huntsman for thirty-five years to the Berkeley Hounds, once killed a fox in Kensington Gardens.
Details
CHARLES HANCOCK* (British, 1793-1855)
Thomas Oldacre with his Favorite Hound
signed and dated C.HANCOCK/P...1827 lower center right--oil on canvas
30¼ x 25 3/8in. (76.8 x 64.5cm.)
Thomas Oldacre with his Favorite Hound
signed and dated C.HANCOCK/P...1827 lower center right--oil on canvas
30¼ x 25 3/8in. (76.8 x 64.5cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 5 June, 1985, lot 245
Mrs. Eppes Hawes Williams, New York
Mrs. Eppes Hawes Williams, New York