GILPIN, Sawrey
(b. 1733, Carlisle, d. 1807, London)

A Black and White English Springer Spaniel in a Landscape

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Oil on canvas, 64 x 76 cm
Private collection

Sawrey Gilpin was a leading horse and animal painter of a competence which is always reliable and occasionally inspired. He was popular with his fellow Royal Academicians and frequently collaborated with them, adding portraits of favourite animals to numerous pictures.




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