Robert Richard Scanlan, Portrait Of A Gentleman On A Bay Hunter

Robert Richard Scanlan, Portrait Of A Gentleman On A Bay HunterThis fine mid 19th century oil painting by Irish artist Robert Richard Scanlan (1801 1876) depicts a rider atop a muscular bay hunter with a rolling landscape beyond. Scanlan was an accomplished painter of portraits, animals, and genre subjects, also an illustrator. Wearing a top hat, tailcoat, brown waistcoat, and blue stock, he sits bolt upright under a glowering sky. The horse is presumably his prized hunter athletic, taut and groomed. The pair cut

Vauban drew up to Marksman

Medium: Pencil on paperOverall size: 10” x 14” / 25cm x 31cmYear of creation: 1830Condition: Artwork presents well

where he enjoyed capturing views of bustling streets

despite injury

cows graze among verdant pasture

primarily those painted during the late 19th century

Gustaf Wolmar

It’s intriguing to find a canvas that’s been left untouched for 250 years as usually oil paintings of this age have been cleaned at least once or twice

he continued in the same vein and

two clear lines of sight provide both depth and historic interest

even the facial ‘fuzz’

I have written to Dolman and just heard that a great many good pictures completed are not hung this year