George Henry Laporte (1799-1873)

A sportsman thrown out, enquiring of a shepherd

Details

George Henry Laporte (1799-1873)
A sportsman thrown out, enquiring of a shepherd
signed and dated 'G. H. Laporte. 1830.' (lower right)
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 (145 gns to Knowles).
with Arthur Ackermann & Son.
HRH The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, KG, KT, KP (1900-1974), Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire; Christie's, London, 26-27 January 2006, lot 231.

Exhibited

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

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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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