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Equestrian group

Equestrian group
 1845

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
70.7 × 91.5 cm
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: R. B. Davis. (Davi underlined) / August (us underlined) 1845. - ,
Accession Number
2885-4
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Animals Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
breeches (trousers) coats (garments) equestrian portraits equestrians horse (species) men (male humans) saddles (seats) top hats (hats)
Provenance
Collection of Claude Dickason Rotch (1878–1961/2), ‘The Elms’, Teddington, Greater London, before 1951; by whom sold to P. & D. Colnaghi (dealer), London, 14 April 1951, as Huntsman in a landscape; from where purchased, on the advice of A.J.L. McDonnell, for the Felton Bequest, 1951.

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