X
X
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD

Large 19th Century Hunting Charging Red Coat Horse Riders Oil Painting By Thomas Smythe

Regular price £15,000.00
Tax included. Shipping calculated at checkout.
 More payment options

 

  • Enjoy the exhilarating energy of the hunt with this one large and lively British 19th Century oil painting by Thomas Smythe! Capturing charging horse riders in striking red & black coats, this painting is sure to spruce up any room. Heck yeah!

  • Title Hunting Charge.
  • Impressive size being 120cm width of frame.
  • Subject beautiful portrait in, side profile of a hunting scene charging along with, horse and riders wearing traditional hunting dress, red & black coats and black hats. Your focus is drawn to the two riders in the centre. The first is wearing a red coat with white trousers holding a whip, riding a white horse in full galloping stride, just behind another, gentleman, rider wearing, a, black, and also, having white trousers and riding boots also holding a whip stick and is on a dark brown horse also galloping along, further back to the right in the background you can see 2 others riders on brown horses wearing red and black coats and further back in the distance are 2 other riders on a gray horse and brown horse who are coming down hill by the tree line. To the far left in the distance you can see a pack of scented hounds all running towards the scent of the prey. Set in an open field countryside landscape with a mix of blue and gray overcast sky and birds flying overhead. 
  • Oil on canvas.
  • Signed well-known by the well-known British artist Thomas Smythe.
  • An exceptional fine example of his work.
  • Set in a traditional stylish gilt frame.
  • Circa 19th century Victorian era.
  • Artist biography.
  • Thomas Smythe (9 April 1825, Ipswich – 15 May 1906, Ipswich) was an artist who painted landscapes, bucolic scenes and animals. He exhibited seventeen paintings with the Society of British Artists and was an active member of the Ipswich Fine Art Club from 1878 to 1903.
  • Thomas Smythe, was the younger brother to Edward Robert Smythe, was born at Ipswich on 14 November 1825 and baptized at St Matthew’s church on 9 April 1827, son of James Smyth (1780-1863) and his wife Sarah Harriet ne Skitter (1783-1845), who married at Norwich on 14 June 1811; James was an accountant with bankers Bacon, Cobbold, Durningham & Cobbold in Tavern Street, Ipswich who added a final 'e' to his surname.
  • Thomas Smyth was educated at a school kept by Charles and Elizabeth Watson in Berners Street, Ipswich, where he is recorded in 1841. An artist in Brook Street, Ipswich, 1846-1855 and exhibited at the Suffolk Fine Arts Association at the New Lecture Hall at the Ipswich Mechanics' Institute in August 1850, several oil paintings, including 'Side of the Highroad', 'A Donkey Browsing' and 'The Gypsy Bait'. He married, at Ipswich in 1860, Jane Pierse (1840-1919), and had three sons and two daughters. In 1861, Thomas was an ‘landscape artist and animal painter’ living at 20 Bolton Lane, Ipswich with his 21-year-old wife Jane, who was born, at Ipswich. Living with them were Jane’s parents, Thomas Pearse, a currier, and his wife Jane. In 1865, an artist in California, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, and in 1871, living at Rose Cottage, Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich with three of their children lived Thomas Edward 9, Annie Agnes 4 and Robert 6 weeks. His daughter Agnes married Frank Brown and by 1881 another child, 6-year-old Ernest William, had been added to the family.
  • A member of the Ipswich Fine Art Club 1878-1903 and exhibited regularly, including in 1898 from The Laurels, Wherstead Road, Ipswich, six oil paintings, 'Old Lock', 'Over the Hill and Far Away', 'Tatting stone White Horse', 'A Suffolk Bridge', 'Returning from Market' and 'The Old Plow Inn, Kensal Green' and his paintings exhibited which were on show at the Club's centenary in 1974 included oils, 'Harvest Scene', 'Rabbit Catcher on Rushmore Heath', 'The Miller's Cart', 'Returning from Work' and 'Snowballing'. Like his brother, his work has recently regained its popular appeal and at Bonham's auction in 1991 his works reached record amounts.  
  • Thomas Smythe's work has been offered at auction many times, with selling prices ranging up to 19,990 USD. The record price for this artist at auction is 19,990 US for the dining chair sledge, sold at Christie's London in 2004.
  • Such a delightful scene to the eye. 
  • Highly sought after due to the collectible sporting nature of the subject matter and such elaborate detail. 
  • With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home wall display. 
  • We only select & sell paintings based upon subject, quality & significance. 
  • We provide our clients with friendly professional customer service. 
  • Condition report. 
  • Offered in fine used condition. 
  • Front painting surface in good overall order. Canvas has been relined. Having foxing stains, scuffs, paint loss and paint touch ups in places. Set in an impressive decorative gilt frame with general wear, scuffs, chips commensurate with usage & age. 
  • International buyers worldwide shipping is available. 


Dimensions in centimetres of the frame

High (84cm)
Wide (120cm)
Depth thickness of frame (5cm)

Share this Product


More from this collection