Victorian Equestrian Oil Painting Riding Through Hyde Park Rotten Row C1887

Victorian John Grant Horse Rider Hyde Park Oil Painting 1887

Original Victorian oil painting by British equestrian artist John Grant, signed and apparently dated 1887. Depicts a gentleman wearing a black top hat and riding a bay horse through a formal London park, believed to be Hyde Park near Rotten Row.

Highlights

Original 19th century British oil on canvas

Signed John Grant lower right

Apparently dated 1887

Victorian gentleman riding a bay horse

Probable Hyde Park London setting

Documented auction history from 2007

Professionally reframed in 2026

Catalogue Details

Artist: John Grant, British, active late 19th century

Title: A Gentleman Riding a Bay Horse in Hyde Park

Date: Apparently 1887

Medium: Oil on canvas

Painted area: 61 cm wide x 50 cm high

Frame: 73 cm wide x 62 cm high x 4.5 cm deep

Catalogue Note

The bay horse is shown in profile at an extended gait. The rider wears traditional Victorian equestrian clothing. Iron railings, mature trees and a broad riding track suggest Hyde Park, probably Rotten Row.

The Artist

John Grant specialised in equestrian subjects. Christies recorded his painting Passedix, a Brown Racehorse with Jockey Up, in 1998. Another recorded work depicts a carriage in Hyde Park in 1887.

Provenance

Sheppards, Ireland, 25 September 2007, Lot 158.

John Nicholsons Fine Art Auctioneers, 9 September 2026, Lot 151.

Acquired by Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD.

Frame

Professionally reframed by Bailey Arts Ltd in 2026 using Larson Juhl gilt moulding. New hanging cord fitted. Auction labels retained on the reverse.

Condition Report

Historic lined canvas with age related craquelure, surface wear, abrasions, fine scratches and small areas of paint loss. Previous restoration evident. No ultraviolet examination undertaken. Please examine all photographs.

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