A Meet of the Fife Hounds
About this artwork
This painting was commissioned by foxhunting enthusiast Anthony Keith, 7th Earl of Kintore, and shows the Meet of the Fife Hounds near Falkland - the Lomond Hills can be seen on the left. In the centre is the huntsman ‘Merry’ John Walker on his ‘famous Chestnut horse’. He is surrounded by the hounds Saladin, Bravery, Reveller, Ranter and Minister. The artist, Sir Francis Grant, was a passionate huntsman as a young man. His hunting paintings have been described as “informal, relaxed and intimate, without any particular glamour”.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Sir Francis Grant (1803 - 1878) Scottish
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title:A Meet of the Fife Hounds
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date created:1833
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:91.50 x 122.00 cm; Framed: 127.20 x 157.50 x 16.00 cm
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credit line:Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery 2010.
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accession number:PG 3657
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Sir Francis Grant
Sir Francis Grant
By the time he was 26 years old, Francis Grant had spent his father’s inheritance of £10,000 on fox hunting and collecting paintings, and was in desperate need of a career. He decided to become an artist, and, despite having no formal training, he made rapid progress by copying old masterpieces...