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Pair Hunting Paintings Liberty & Industry Horses By Francis Calcraft Turner

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Pair English Early 19th Century Fine Art Hunting Oil Paintings Liberty & Industry Horses ByPiar.
Subject Equine horse hunting study of bay hunters the first has a white collour coat and name "Liberty", who is facing right in full side profile galloping towards a fence with a river below, in the background is a pack of scent foxhounds chasing a fox in the distance, to the other flank are 2 huntsman in full traditional hunting dress red coats charging on brown and black horses, one rider has his black hat off and held forward as he charges, with large trees further back, a lone house on the other side in the distance surrounded by trees and vegetation. With overcast cast and spots of blue coming through in patches in the sky.
The second horse who has a brown colour coat is called "Industry" who is facing left and in full stride jumping over a fence with a small stream below in mid flight about to land on the rivers bank edge. With a white and black horse in the distance and 3 other white horses further over looking in the opposite direction. Beautiful landscape view with some tall trees in the distance on either flank.With mainly overcast cloudy sky with some blue coming through the top left corner. The paint colours stand out they are vibrant and bold.
Title "Pair Hunting Liberty & Industry".
Oil on canvas.
Circa early 19h century.
A nice size with the frames each being 30cm high and 35 cm wide.
This paintings are unsigned but they are by the artist Francis Calcraft Turner, he did not sign all of his works.
These are very fine examples of his work.
Francis Calcraft Turner 1782-1846 was a prolific artist, though surprisingly little is known of his early life. The majority of his hunting scenes show hunts from the south of England, including the Essex Hounds, the East Kent, and the Old Barkeley. He was a regular contributor to The Sporting Magazine, providing no less than 78 works. In a letter to the editor in 1828 he claimed I have rode to more hounds and have been in at the death of more foxes than any artist in existence - nay more, my knowledge of racing, shooting, coursing, etc. is alike.
A member of the Society of British Artists, he exhibited in London between 1810 and 1846, showing 11 compositions at the Royal Academy, 23 at the British Institution and 36 at the Suffolk Street Gallery.he is recorded as living in London and it is widely believed he was born there. He was a talented artist and draughtsman who specialised in sporting paintings as well as dog portraits. He spent his time following sporting events and the local hunts including the Essex Hounds, East Kent and the Old Berkeley and earned commissions to paint favourite horses or dogs.
He is likely to be related to the artist GA Turner who was probably his son, as they shared two of the same addresses: 66 Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn fields and 94 York Road, Waterloo Bridge, from where they both exhibited. During the early 1830’s, Turner suffered from financial difficulties but continued producing paintings and exhibiting works at the Royal Academy. He died at Lambeth, London in 1846.
Examples of his paintings are held by the Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, The Hepworth Wakefield, Manchester Art Gallery, The National Horseracing Museum, Walker Art Gallery, The Royal Collection, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Yale Center for British Art.Having such magnificent controlled brush work.
Reference sources Christie's, Britishmuseum, Royalcollectiontrust.
Provenance old label verso for Rutland Gallery London. From London Private Collection, Tim Rootes and Obby Waller, Barton Hill House, Gloucestershire.
Register stock number 6319 label also verso on each.
Such a delightful equestrian horse animal lover collectors scene.
Set in such an attractive gilt frame.
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With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display.
Condition report the painting surface is in acceptable overal order offered in fine charming used condition. Having various craquelure, areas of surface dirt, foxing, paint loss in places. Frames having general wear, scuffs, scratches, minor losses & stains commensurate with usage & old age.
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Dimensions in centimetres of frame approximate

High (30cm)
Length depth thickness (2.2 cm)
Wide (35 cm)