The hunt in full cry in the Vale of Belvoir with the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Bradford, the Earl of Wilton and others, Clawson windmill and village beyond

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John Ferneley, Sen. (Thrussington 1782-1860 Melton Mowbray)
The hunt in full cry in the Vale of Belvoir with the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Bradford, the Earl of Wilton and others, Clawson windmill and village beyond
oil on canvas
24 ¼ x 64 1/8 in. (61.5 x 162.8 cm.)

Provenance

Commission from the artist by J. Atkinson Esq., in 1850/51 for £157 10s.
Colonel A.C.S. Delmege.
with Arthur Ackermann & Sons, London, in 1972, where acquired by
Sir Ronald Wallace Wates (1907-1986), London, from whom acquired in 1977 by
Ronald P. Stanton.

Literature

The artist's account book, February 1851, no. 641, as 'A large Hunting Picture with portraits of Horses and gentlemen.'

Exhibited

London, Arthur Ackermann & Son, The Ferneleys of Melton Mowbray, 3-25 April 1975, no. 8.

Lot Essay

This picture shows the hunt in full cry in the Vale of Belvoir. The Vale is a celebrated area of natural beauty on the borders of Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, and is dominated by Belvoir Castle, the ancestral home of the family of the Dukes of Rutland. The Vale is renowned hunting country and the Belvoir hunt remains to this day one of the most preeminent foxhunts in England.

The picture was commissioned from the artist by J. Atkinson Esq., who appears in the centre of the composition riding the dark chestnut.

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