(?1813 - 1882)
Harry Hall was born in Cambridge, probably in 1813, and worked principally at Epsom and Newmarket. He may have studied under the painter Abraham Cooper (1787-1868), and is known for his portraits of racehorses, jockeys and racing personalities, although he also produced paintings on the themes of hunting and shooting. From 1838 to 1863, Hall exhibited his works at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and the Society of British Artists at Suffolk Street. Many of his works were engraved and published in ‘Sporting Magazine’. Hall died in 1882 in Newmarket. His son, Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922), became a portrait painter and artist to the illustrated newspaper ‘The Graphic’.
