Huntsman Starting for the Chase

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

George Morland was born in London, the son of painter, engraver and art dealer Henry Robert Morland. He was apprenticed to his father before studying at the Royal Academy Schools. Morland first exhibited work at the Royal Academy when he was aged about ten and went on to be a regular exhibitor there and at The Society of Artists of Great Britain. In 1780, the first of numerous engravings after his work were published. Morland’s work had a wide appeal and was often copied or even faked. His last years were plagued by excessive drinking, debts and poor health. Although he continued to paint to pay his creditors, the quality of his work declined. He died in a bailiff's lodging-house in Clerkenwell, London, reportedly of a brain fever.

Places

Subjects

whip, horseback, fox hunting, dog, horse, man, field, house

Materials & Techniques

engraving, crayon-manner engraving

Artist

George Morland (1763 - 1804)
John Wright (c.1745 - 1820)

Title

Huntsman Starting for the Chase

Date

1794-1795

Medium

Crayon-manner engraving

Acquisition

Transferred from the British Museum, July 1946

Provenance

Collection of the British Museum; by whom transferred to the Ministry of Works in 1946

GAC number

238