Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1800s.
JAMES BARENGER (Jnr) 1780 – after 1831, was an English animal painter and illustrator.
Barenger was born in Kentish Town, London, the son of James Barenger Snr., a metal chaser and exhibited artist of insect paintings at the Society of Artists and Royal Academy. His mother was Sarah née Woolett, the daughter of the celebrated engraver, William Woollett; James's brother, S. Barenger, also became an engraver.
James started off painting landscapes but went on to paint horses, dogs and other animals, and hunting scenes. From the year 1807, at the age of 28, he exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. He was at this stage living with his father in Kentish Town, but later moved to Camden Town. He exhibited 48 paintings at the Royal Academy and 8 at the British Institution.
He acquired numerous wealthy and titled patrons and his pictures were also engraved for sporting publications such as W. H. Scott's "British Field Sports", "The Sporting Repository", "The Annals of Sporting" and "The Sporting Magazine".
As well as painting animals, Barenger also bred pointer dogs. He died around 1831 and was buried in Old St. Pancras churchyard.
An equestrian portrait by him of Jonathan Griffin, Huntsman to the Earl of Derby's Staghounds, painted in 1813, is in the Tate Gallery.
SIZE:28 x 31 inches inc. frame.
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Westmoreland country house.
Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1800s.
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Sold....portrait of a Master of Foxhounds, C.1820; Attributed to James Barenger
