# A Gentleman on His Bay Hunter

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## Artwork

- Artist: [STRINGER, Thomas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stringer-thomas-rf774bc879476fc>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

The painting depicts a gentleman on his bay hunter exercising a couple of foxhounds in a river valley. The sitter with his sober dress may be an ecclesiastic: many country parsons in the late 18th century were enthusiastic followers of hounds

## Related artworks

- [Chestnut Hunter with a Groom](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stringer-thomas-rf774bc879476fc/chestnut-hunter-with-a-groom-r450c37bebb0f46>)
- [George Heron Galloping](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stringer-thomas-rf774bc879476fc/george-heron-galloping-r270b938b96d65a>)
- [View of Poynton Hall, Cheshire](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stringer-thomas-rf774bc879476fc/view-of-poynton-hall-cheshire-r2d7e89233f13d9>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)