William Webb (1780-1846)

William Pollett Hill shooting in Freeby Wood, near Melton Mowbray

细节
William Webb (1780-1846)
William Pollett Hill shooting in Freeby Wood, near Melton Mowbray
with inscription 'William Pollett Hill shooting in/Freeby Wood/nr. Melton Mowbray by/Wm. Webb/circa 1830' (on an old label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
35 x 44 in. (89.5 x 111.8 cm.)
来源
Purchased from Arthur Ackermann and Son Ltd., London, November 1936.
展览
London, Hayward Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain, British Sporting Painting 1650-1850, 1974, no.99.

拍品专文

William Webb originated from Tamworth, Staffordshire, and began his career as a clock and watchmaker before turning to painting. He is known to have exhibited six pictures at the Royal Academy between 1819 and 1828, and listed the Duke of Richmond among his patrons. Webb moved to Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, where he eventually died leaving eleven children, the fourth of whom was the sporting artist Edward Walter Webb (1810-1851).