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Henry Barraud (1811-1874)
The Punchestown Winners, 1868
Oil on canvas, 46 x 106cm (18 x 41¾”)
Signed.
Provenance: With Frost and Reed, London Ref Nº 53592
Together with the coloured print which is the inscribed template to the above painting naming and identifying horses
and jockeys, also in a gilt frame, both with the labels of Frost & Reed Ltd, Fine Art Dealers, London.
Barraud studied art under J.J. Middleton (the portrait and topographical painter). Henry was the younger brother of
William Barraud with whom he often collaborated on sporting pictures. The two brothers shared a studio from 1835
until William’s death in 1850, and in their joint pictures it has been suggested that William painted the animals and
Henry the figures. Henry exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1833 to 1859, and at the British Institution and Society
of British Artists between the years 1831 and 1868. He painted many portraits by request of Royalty, such as: “
The Royal
Highness Edward and Alexander, The Prince and Princess of Wales”
and
“Queen Victoria at a meet of Prince Albert’s Harriers
in Windsor Great Park”
. The brothers also produced a book entitled “
Sketches of Figures and Animals
”, (H. Graves and
Co., c.1850).
Both the Prince of Wales and the future king Edward VII attended the races in Punchestown in this year, leading Queen
Victoria (mother of the Prince of Wales) to lament to him ‘I much regret that the occasion should be the races as it
naturally strengthens the belief, already too prevalent, that your chief object is amusement.’
The accompanying print names the winners of the various races in 1868, from left to right:
The Celt; Lysander; The Cardinal; Juryman; Excelsior; Hard held; Haynestown Lass; Olympia; Caustic
€15,000 - 20,000