A sportsman thrown out, enquiring of a shepherd

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George Henry Laporte (1799-1873)
A sportsman thrown out, enquiring of a shepherd
signed and dated 'G.H.Laporte 1830' (lower right), and signed and inscribed 'A Sportsman thrown/... enquiring of a Shepherd G.H. Laporte. 99.Albany St. Regent's Park' (on an old label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)

Provenance

Mrs J. Spark; Christie's, London, 23 November 1928, lot 65, as 'A sportsman, thrown out, enquiring of a shepherd' (145 guineas to Knowles).

Exhibited

Northampton Central Museum and Art Gallery, Centenary of Northampton Museums; Exhibition of Country Life: Pictures from Northamptonshire Houses, 8 October-5 November 1966, no.31.

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Lot Essay

George Henry Laporte was the son of the artist John Laporte (1761-1839). He first exhibited at the British Institution in 1818 and was a founding member of the Royal Institute of Artists. He was appointed animal painter to the King of Hanover, and to the Duke of Cumberland. The Hanover Museum of Art hangs his Cheval et Piqueur. Laporte specialised in equestrian paintings of fox hunting, racing, coaching and shooting subjects, and contributed 43 plates to The Sporting Magazine. The present picture shows a huntsman who has been thrown off course, losing the rest of the hunt.

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