WOOTTON, John
(b. ca. 1682, Snitterfield, Warwickshire, d. 1764, London)

A Bay Hunter Held by a Liveried Groom

c. 1735
Oil on canvas, 102 x 127 cm
Private collection

This picture shows a lady's bay hunter held by a liveried groom in a classical landscape, with a hound and a peacock looking on. It is likely that this is a portrait of a horse belonging to the painter's friend George Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvidere (1708-1774), who spent much of his life in London.




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