Cuthbert Edward Bradley (1861– 25 November 1941) was an English painter, sporting writer and magazine illustrator.
Biography
Cuthbert Bradley was the eldest son of The Reverend Edward Bradley (1827 – 1889), who wrote under the pen name, 'Cuthbert Bede'. He graduated from King's College London, where he studied architecture.
He worked as a sporting journalist for The Field and as a magazine illustrator for Vanity Fair. He also wrote books about foxhunting. His paintings depicted scenes of foxhunting and polo.
His 1901 painting "King's Messenger" can be seen at the Penrhyn Castle. Other paintings are kept by Leicestershire County Council Museums Service.
He lived at The Lodge in Folkingham, Lincolnshire. He died there on 25 November 1941 and was buried at St Andrew's Church, Folkingham; he had been church warden at the church for the past 42 years.
Paintings
- Ranelagh - Mr Milburn on Teddy Roosevelt
- Mr J. Watson Webb, the left-handed American No. 3 going thirty miles an hour
- Lewis Lacey on Marie Sol
- Jupiter
- County Cup Final Game, July 9, 1891
- Roehampton Open Challenge Cup
- Kings Messenger Held by a Groom (1901)
- The Ledbury Hounds (1913)
- Quorn Hounds, Cruiser and Woeful (1926)
- Fallible and Ranter (1926)
- Quorn Hounds, Batsman, Baffler, Weaver and Batchelor (1927)
- Quorn Hound, Wonderful (1929)
- Belvoir, Sir Gilbert Hart Greenall
- A Father of The Belvoir
- Lady Ursula Manners (1936)
Bibliography
- The Foxhound of the Twentieth Century; The Breeding and Work of the Kennels of England
- Hounds: Their Breeding and Kennel Management
- The Reminiscences Of Frank Gillard (Huntsman) With The Belvoir Hounds-1860 To 1896
- Fox-Hunting from Shire to Shire (1912)
References
- ^ Horace Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 301
- ^ Horace Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2012, p. 146
- ^ Artworks by or after Cuthbert Bradley at the Art UK site
- ^ Sally Mitchell Fine Arts Archived 2013-02-16 at archive.today
- CUTHBERT BRADLEY (1861-1943) | Design for the trade sign of The White Horse Inn Public House | Christie's Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- "Death of Mr. Cuthbert Bradley". The Grantham Journal. 28 November 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Noted Hunting Figure - Funeral of Cuthbert Bradley". The Grantham Journal. 5 December 1941. p. 2. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Bonhams
- "Cuthbert Bradley (1861 - 1943). Lady Ursula Manners".
External links
- 5 artworks by or after Cuthbert Bradley at the Art UK site
- 1861 births
- 1941 deaths
- People from Folkingham
- Alumni of King's College London
- 19th-century English painters
- English male painters
- 20th-century English painters
- English male journalists
- Vanity Fair (British magazine) artists
- 19th-century English male artists
- 20th-century English male artists
- Burials in Lincolnshire