The Royal Buckhounds drawing cover

Details

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 1874
The Royal Buckhounds drawing cover
signed with initials and dated 'W.G.R.B.74' (lower right)
oil on canvas
12½ x 18½ in. (31.8 x 47 cm.)

Provenance

Colonel A.J. Copeland (+); Christie's, London, to June 1938, probably part of lot 3 (sold together with The Old Berkeley Hunt by Allan Barraud, 2 guineas to Mason).

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Lot Essay

The Royal Buckhounds kennels at Ascot were established by Queen Anne (1665-1714), who was a keen huntswoman.
The present picture was probably painted to celebrate the appointment of the 5th Earl of Hardwick as Master of the Buckhounds in 1874.

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