'Furiband', with his Owner, Sir Henry ‘Harry’ Harpur, 6th Bt (1739-1789) and a Groom

Sawrey Gilpin, RA (Scalesby Castle 1733 – Brompton 1807). Oil painting on canvas, 'Furiband', with his Owner, Sir Henry ‘Harry’ Harpur, 6th Bt (1739-1789) and a Groom by Sawrey Gilpin, RA (Scalesby Castle 1733 – Brompton 1807), signed dated lower right, 'S. Gilpin 1774'. A light bay hunter is shown in a field, facing right, a groom at its head and the owner behind. The owner wears a grey coat and black hat and stockings, and he leans on a stick. The horse is grazing in a head collar. The groom wears a red waistcoat and navy coat lined with red. A barn is in the landscape background. In a gilt moulded frame en suite with CAL/Pf/180, CAL/Pf/181 and CAL/Pf/182 (Inventory card). This is one of four paintings at Calke by Sawrey Gilpin, the chief rival of George Stubbs. With Nos. CAL/P/180, CAL/P/181 and CAL/P/183 it depicts Sir Harry Harpur's best racehorse. the figure on the left is Sir Harry Harpur, 6th Bt. Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)