Hunting Party Oil Painting Spaniel Pointer Dogs Lord With Purdey In Grey Top Hat

1 Fine Large English Hunting Shooting Party Oil Painting Spaniel & Pointer Dogs Attributed John Samuel Raven. Impress your guests & clients in your home or office with this hunting masterpiece. Subject hunting portraiture scene in side profile of a lord gentleman huntsman wearing a grey top hat, he is holding carrying his Purdey under his right arm. Just behind him is his assistant Ghillie whos is tending the white pony. To the right is a brown & white King Charles cavalier spaniel dog and on the left just below the pony is another cavalier spaniel dog in black & white. Further over a red setter pointer dog, who is sniffing poiting towards the deceased game bird that another huntsman who is seated on a large log, dressed in a black jacket with white trousers. Set in the open countryside a tall hill to the right above a fence with trees & foliage around. Above set in a dark grey cloudyt sky with spots of blue coming through near the top corner. Title “Hunting Shooting Party With Horse, Spaniel Dogs & Pointer Setter Dog” Attributed to John Samuel Raven Circa 1845 mid 19th Century. Unsigned attributed to John Samuel Raven. Presented in a recent Larson Juhl Florence moulding giltwith a foil finish & scoop profiile design radiata pine wood frame. A really impressive display size with the frame being 87 cm wide and 68.5 cm high. Medium oil on canvas. Artist biography John Samuel Raven was born in Preston, Lancashire on 21 August 1829. His works have been exhibited also sold at galleries & auction houses around the world. The highest sold price is for $55,885 Us dollars sold at Sotheby’s. Raven was the son of the Rev. Thomas Raven, a clergyman of the Church of England, who had considerable talent as an amateur artist, as may be seen from six water-colour drawings by him in the South Kensington Museum. John Raven was, however, almost entirely self-taught, initially by studying the works of John Crome and John Constable. He exhibited at the Academy as early as 1845, and his works also appeared at the British Institution. This part of his career was focused on views of the area where he lived, near St. Leonards. He at first fell under the influence of the Norwich school, but his maturer works, which show much poetic feeling, bear traces of pre-Raphaelitism. It was his custom to prepare elaborate cartoons for his pictures. He was drowned while bathing at Harlech in 1877. He married Margaret Sinclair Dunbar in 1869, later Mrs. William B. Morris. A collection of his works was exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club in 1878. Amongst his chief pictures were: • Salmsey Church (his first picture, painted when he was sixteen years old) • The Forest of Fontainebleau, 1853 • A Voice of Joy and Gladness, 1860 • The Skirts of a Mountain Farm, 1862 • Midsummer Moonlight, 1866 • The Crops Green, 1867 • The Shadow of Snowden, 1867 • Summer Evening, 1870 • A Hampshire Homestead, 1872 • The Heavens declare the Glory of God, 1876 • Barff and Lord's Seat from the Slopes of Skiddaw, 1877 The Dictionary of National Biography, 1900, summarised his catalogue as "chiefly in oils, but occasionally also in water-colours, and … many fine studies in black and white", noting works above as follows • 'Lago Maggiore from Stresa,' 1871; • 'Fresh fallen Snow on the Matterhorn,' 1872; • 'The lesser Light to rule the Night,' 1873; • 'Twilight in the Wood' (engraved by C. Cousen for the 'Art Journal,’ 1874). References Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Samuel Raven. 1. 1851 England Census 2. O'Donoghue, Freeman Marius (1896). "Raven, John Samuel" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co. citing: [Burlington Fine Arts Club Catalogue; Athenæum, 21 July 1877; Art Journal, 1877; Redgrave's Dict. of Artists; information from Mrs. Morris. 2. Source Tate. Provenance: deceased estate Vale of Glamorgan & Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd. We select & sell our paintings based solely upon quality & significance. We offer our clients exceptional professional customer service. Browse our other exciting Fine Arts, antiques & collectibles available in our shop gallery. Dimensions in centimetres of the frame High (68.5 cm) Wide (87 cm) Depth (4.5 cm)