Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 5th March 2025

Lot 232

Edwin Cooper (1785-1833)

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2268

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Description

Edwin Cooper (1785-1833)
A grey cob with liveried groom, leading a bay hunter before a rubbing down house
Signed and dated En Cooper /Pinxt 1819 (lower left)
Oil on canvas
62.5 x 87.8cm; 24½ x 34½in

Provenance:
Possibly T. Saul Esq, 1819;
Col Morris Exton, Walford Hall, Shrewsbury;
With David Messum, Buckinghamshire, 1985

Literature:
David Messum, Autumn Catalogue 1985, p.5, illustrated

Exhibited:
Possibly, Norwich Society of Artists, 1819, no. 29, 'Portrait of a Hunter and Pony'