Chestnut Hunter with a Groom
by STRINGER, Thomas, Oil on canvas, 92 x 122 cm
The picture shows Thomas Egerton’s chestnut hunter with a groom and two hounds and a terrier in a river landscape. Egerton was the Viscount Grey de Wilton, 1st Earl of Wilton, Wilton Castle. The painter was probably employed by the Egertons at Tatton Park, in Cheshire.