Lot 32: Moses Haughton, Sen. (British, 1734-1804)

Portrait of George Farmer of Witton Manor, Staffordshire, full-length, with his dogs, in a landscape
oil on canvas
43 x 38 1/8 in. (109.2 x 96.9 cm.)

T. Crombie, 'Round the Galleries: Autumn Assessment', Apollo, CII, 1975, p.295, pl.5.
M.A. Wingfield, A Dictionary of Sporting Artists 1650-1990, Suffolk, 1992, p. 136.

Property from a Private Collection, England

Moses Haughton received his early training from an uncle, Hyla Holden. He executed numerous portraits, as well as biblical subjects and still-lives, and exhibited six paintings at the Royal Academy between 1788 and 1803. His nephew, Moses Haughton, Jun. (1773-1849), was reputedly a pupil of George Stubbs (1724-1806) and became engraver to Henry Fuseli (1741-1825), keeper of the Royal Academy from 1805.