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Sporting Oil Painting of Hunting Dogs Going Over a Hedge by Alfred Duke
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Sporting Oil Painting of Hunting Dogs Going Over a Hedge by Alfred Duke

1900 - 1920
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Alfred Duke

British, (c1860-1905)

Over the Hedge

Oil on canvas, signed

Image size: 13.5 inches x 20.5 inches

Size including frame: 20.75 inches x 27.75 inches

An animated sporting painting featuring fox hounds jumping over a hedge by Alfred Duke. Some of the hounds can be seen having already made it over a hedge as the rest of the pack races to catch up. Meanwhile the pack leader has picked up the scent of their quarry and is already drawing the other hounds off towards it. The brown tones of the landscape indicate this scene was painted in autumn.

Alfred Duke was an animal and sporting painter born in Lancashire around 1860. He spent most of his life in Manchester where he lived at Ladybarn Lane in Ardwick with his wife Ada. He exhibited regularly at the Manchester City Art Gallery from the early 1890’s and became well known for his hunting paintings featuring dogs. He also exhibited at the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.

The Victorian era was an age of dog portraits, made popular by Queen Victoria. The obsession of the ruling classes with field sports led to a demand for artists such as Duke who was one of a band of painters celebrating sporting dogs. He was influenced by his contemporaries such as Thomas Blinks and George Derville Rowlandson. Duke’s works are beautifully painted and show an excellent understanding of the animation and movement of dogs.

Examples of his works can be found at Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum and Turton Tower.

Presentation: The painting is housed in a new, English made gilt frame which is in excellent condition.

Condition: As with all of our original antique oil paintings, this work is offered in ready to hang gallery condition, having just been professionally cleaned, restored and revarnished.

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Physical Dimensions
Height
53cm (20.87")
Width
70.5cm (27.76")
Depth
6.5cm (2.56")
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Benton Fine Art has dated this Sporting Dog Oil Painting to the 1900s.

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Description
Alfred Duke

British, (c1860-1905)

Over the Hedge

Oil on canvas, signed

Image size: 13.5 inches x 20.5 inches

Size including frame: 20.75 inches x 27.75 inches

An animated sporting painting featuring fox hounds jumping over a hedge by Alfred Duke.

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Some of the hounds can be seen having already made it over a hedge as the rest of the pack races to catch up.
Benton Fine Art

Meanwhile the pack leader has picked up the scent of their quarry and is already drawing the other hounds off towards it. The brown tones of the landscape indicate this scene was painted in autumn.

fig 1. An antique oil painting depicting a pack of hunting dogs leaping over a hedgerow set in a gilded frame by Alfred Duke.
fig 1. Sporting Oil Painting of Hunting Dogs Going Over a Hedge by Alfred Duke

Alfred Duke was an animal and sporting painter born in Lancashire around 1860. He spent most of his life in Manchester where he lived at Ladybarn Lane in Ardwick with his wife Ada. He exhibited regularly at the Manchester City Art Gallery from the early 1890’s and became well known for his hunting paintings featuring dogs. He also exhibited at the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.

fig 2. An antique oil painting depicting a pack of hunting dogs leaping over a hedgerow set in a gilded frame by Alfred Duke.
fig 2. Sporting Oil Painting of Hunting Dogs Going Over a Hedge by Alfred Duke

The Victorian era was an age of dog portraits, made popular by Queen Victoria. The obsession of the ruling classes with field sports led to a demand for artists such as Duke who was one of a band of painters celebrating sporting dogs. He was influenced by his contemporaries such as Thomas Blinks and George Derville Rowlandson. Duke’s works are beautifully painted and show an excellent understanding of the animation and movement of dogs.

fig 3. An antique oil painting depicting a pack of hunting dogs leaping over a hedgerow set in a gilded frame by Alfred Duke.
fig 3. Sporting Oil Painting of Hunting Dogs Going Over a Hedge by Alfred Duke

Examples of his works can be found at Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum and Turton Tower.

Presentation: The painting is housed in a new, English made gilt frame which is in excellent condition.

Condition: As with all of our original antique oil paintings, this work is offered in ready to hang gallery condition, having just been professionally cleaned, restored and revarnished.

© Benton Fine Art

Height
53cm (20.87")
Width
70.5cm (27.76")
Depth
6.5cm (2.56")
Date of Manufacture

Benton Fine Art has dated this Sporting Dog Oil Painting to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
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British sporting art gained prominence during the 18th and 19th centuries, capturing field sports, fox hunting, and working hounds in landscape settings. Artists emphasised anatomical accuracy, movement, and country life to appeal to estate owners.

Paintings from this era were rendered using oil pigments on stretched linen canvas or timber panels. Frames were typically constructed from carved or moulded wood coated in plaster and finished with gold leaf gilding.

Authentic period paintings display uniform craquelure across the paint surface, natural oxidisation on the canvas reverse, and period-appropriate stretcher bars. The artist signature should be integrated directly into the paint layer rather than added over modern varnish.

A sporting oil painting can be positioned above a fireplace mantelpiece or incorporated into a modern gallery wall. Juxtaposition with clean-lined contemporary furniture creates a balanced, curated aesthetic.

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