Lot Essay
In the catalogue for the 1949 exhibition at the Ferens Art Gallery, Paget described the picture as Wolstenholme junior's 'best picture'.
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The Meet of the Essex Harriers
Details
Dean Wolstenholme, Jun. (1798-1882)
The Meet of the Essex Harriers
signed 'DWolstenholme' (lower right)
oil on panel
16 ½ x 23 ¾ in. (41.9 x 60.4 cm.)
The Meet of the Essex Harriers
signed 'DWolstenholme' (lower right)
oil on panel
16 ½ x 23 ¾ in. (41.9 x 60.4 cm.)
Provenance
H.R. Taylor, Oakleish, Cheam, Surrey, by 1928.
Major Guy Paget, Wheeler House, Husbands Bosworth, by 1949.
with Richard Green, London, 1996, where acquired by the present owner.
Major Guy Paget, Wheeler House, Husbands Bosworth, by 1949.
with Richard Green, London, 1996, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
W.S. Sparrow, A Book of Sporting Painters, London, 1931, p.178, illustrated.
Exhibited
Leicester, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Sport in the Midlands: An Exhibition of Sporting Paintings Drawings and Prints, 12 December 1928 - 13 January 1929, no. 54, as 'Meet of Harriers' (lent by H.R.Taylor).
Kingston upon Hull, The Ferens Art Gallery, Sporting pictures, June 1949, no. 35 (lent by Major Paget).
Kingston upon Hull, The Ferens Art Gallery, Sporting pictures, June 1949, no. 35 (lent by Major Paget).
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