The Earl Granville, Master of the Royal Buckhounds (1847-1849), with the Earl of Chesterfield, Master (1834-1836), and hunt servants at a meet

William Barraud was reputed to have worked in the Customs House for a short period, but left to devote his time entirely to painting. He was a pupil of Abraham Cooper and became known primarily for his pictures of horses and dogs. He established a successful practice and exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy from 1828 to 1850 and at the British Institution from 1828 to 1849.
William often collaborated and exhibited with his younger brother, Henry, as evidenced in the present lot. The duo shared a studio from 1836 until William’s death in 1850. Henry, a portrait, sporting and genre painter, studied under the portraitist, J.J. Middleton, and exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1833 and 1859 and at the British Institution from 1831 to 1864.