A GENTLEMAN ON A CHESTNUT HUNTER IN AN EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE WITH QUENBY HALL BEYOND

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WILLIAM NEDHAM (FL.1823-1849)
A GENTLEMAN ON A CHESTNUT HUNTER IN AN EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE WITH QUENBY HALL BEYOND
SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED 'W.NEDHAM PINX. LEICESTER 1833' (LOWER RIGHT)
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30 X 35¾ IN. (76.2 X 90.8 CM.)

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QUENBY HALL, DESCRIBED BY PEVSNER AS 'THE MOST IMPORTANT HOUSE IN THE ELIZABETHAN-JACOBEAN STYLE IN THE COUNTY' (THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND, MIDDLESEX, 1960, P. 211), WAS BUILT FOR GEORGE ASHBY C.1615-20 AND COMPLETED IN 1636. THE EXTERIOR HAS CHANGED VERY LITTLE SINCE ITS' COMPLETION. A J. CHRISTIE IS RECORDED LIVING AT QUENBY IN 1829. WILLIAM NEDHAM PAINTED A NUMBER OF EQUESTRIAN SCENES IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND MR. V.R. POCHIN OF BARKBY HALL WAS ONE OF HIS PATRONS.

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