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Lacewing Fine Art
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Signed/Inscribed/Dated
signed & dated 1879
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Dimensions
24.00inch wide
20.00inch high
(60.96 cm wide 50.80 cm high)
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Literature:
Bibliography: Dictionary of British Equestrian Artists - Sally Mitchell
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Description / Expertise
BENJAMIN CAM NORTON (1835-1900)
‘ A Chestnut Hunter in a Stable ’
oil on canvas - signed & dated 1879 20x24"
Benjamin Cam Norton was a nineteenth century English sporting artist who was born in Sheffield & who had many private patrons in the Midlands.
He is particularly known for the extremely fine quality of his horse portraits, but he also painted prize cattle and human portraits. As well as hunters he painted racehorse portraits on racecourses such as Doncaster and Newmarket. Norton exhibited at the British Institute in 1862.
He lived and worked in Newmarket for many years and died there on New Year’s Day 1900.
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