ROBERT NIGHTINGALE 1815 - 1895 - A GUN DOG WITH RIFLE AND RABBIT - OIL ON CANVAS 1873

A gun dog watching over a dead rabbit

Robert Nightingale 1815 - 1895

Oil on Canvas signed and dated 1873 at bottom right

Size - 54cm x 40cm (canvas)

This is a very good quality mid Victorian oil by the well listed artist Robert Nightingale 1815 - 1895, it features a gun dog guarding his masters catch of a rabbit.

The painting is housed in what appears to be its original late Victorian gilt frame.

Condition , the painting has two very small tears, both easily repairable) at, one at the bottom of the gun and another at bottom left in the blank area (see images)

The painting could do with a clean.

The son of an equestrian and sporting subjects Artist of some note – Robert Nightingale 1815-1895, who exhibited at the RA. Basil Nightingale was a sporting painter in both oil, pastel and watercolour. He worked near Melton Mowbray for some time, where he painted the famous portrait of ‘Tom Firr’ huntsman to The Quorn on his horse ‘Whitelegs.’ In 1902 he moved to Leamington in Warwickshire. He was an excellent sportsman and a courageous rider to hounds. A fine Artist who painted with humour, always making his subject the most important feature. The backgrounds where normally painted in grey or brown washes to complement his subject, but they rarely intrude. 

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