Henry Calvert (1798-1869)

Henry Calvert (1798-1869)
Portrait of Crotin
Circa. 1830
Oil on Canvas

Price: £35,000

Henry Calvert was the best known of a family of painters from Darlton in Nottinghamshire. Calvert devoted himself to animal painting and he is best known today for fine views of the English sporting scene. His paintings would vary from studies of an individual horse and rider to large panoramic views of an entire hunting field. He was also a close observer of other animals, sending two big cat pictures to the R.A. in 1853 and a number of prize cattle pictures to Manchester.