Lord Canning’s Hunter (Held by Native Groom)

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Whitehall

Places

Subjects

groom, fox hunting, British School C19th, tree, horse, Indian, Earl

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

19th century unknown

Title

Lord Canning’s Hunter (Held by Native Groom)

Date

1855-1862

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 68.00 cm, width: 79.00 cm

Acquisition

Presented by Colonel Sir Arthur Evans, September 1951 [See 4002/41]

Inscription

Stencil on verso: 694JX

Provenance

Collection of governor-general and first viceroy of India Charles John Canning, Earl Canning (1812-1862); by whom bequeathed to landlord in Ireland Hubert George de Burgh Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde (1832-1916; Canning's nephew); by descent to Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947; great nephew of Clanricarde and husband of Mary, Princess Royal) and on display at Goldsborough Hall, North Yorkshire; by whom sold through Christie’s, London, ‘Pictures by Old Masters’ sale, on 29 June 1951 (Lot 7; with GAC 1421 and two unattributed paintings), as ‘LORD CANNING’S HUNTER, held by a native groom, in a landscape’, for 18 guineas; from which sale purchased by ‘Graves’; collection of politician Colonel Sir (Henry) Arthur Evans (1898-1958) and Lady Evans; presented by Sir Arthur Evans to the Ministry of Works in September 1951

GAC number

1420