Cuthbert Bradley
{{short description|English painter}}
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Cuthbert Edward Bradley (1861– 25 November 1941) was an English painter, sporting writer and magazine illustrator.Horace Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 301Horace Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2012, p. 146{{Art UK bio|nocount=1}}[http://www.sallymitchell.com/artists1.php?ai0=141&ti=10 Sally Mitchell Fine Arts] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130216183117/http://www.sallymitchell.com/artists1.php?ai0=141&ti=10 |date=2013-02-16 }}
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.[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/cuthbert-bradley-1861-1943-design-for-the-4049093-details.aspx CUTHBERT BRADLEY (1861-1943) | Design for the trade sign of The White Horse Inn Public House | Christie's] Retrieved 2018-02-14. He died there on 25 November 1941{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19411128/212/0006|title=Death of Mr. Cuthbert Bradley|date=28 November 1941|work=The Grantham Journal|access-date=14 August 2019|page=6|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}} and was buried at St Andrew's Church, Folkingham; he had been church warden at the church for the past 42 years.{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19411205/035/0002|title=Noted Hunting Figure - Funeral of Cuthbert Bradley|date=5 December 1941|work=The Grantham Journal|access-date=14 August 2019|page=2|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}
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)[http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/16266/lot/172/ Bonhams]
- 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){{cite web | url=https://www.goldingyoung.com/Lot/?sale=CL040309&lot=3&id=271639 | title=Cuthbert Bradley (1861 - 1943). Lady Ursula Manners }}
Bibliography
- The Foxhound of the Twentieth Century; The Breeding and Work of the Kennels of England
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/28542#/summary Hounds: Their Breeding and Kennel Management]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/35240#/summary The Reminiscences Of Frank Gillard (Huntsman) With The Belvoir Hounds-1860 To 1896]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/30115#/summary Fox-Hunting from Shire to Shire (1912)]
References
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External links
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Category:People from Folkingham
Category:Alumni of King's College London
Category:19th-century English painters
Category:English male painters
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Category:English male journalists
Category:Vanity Fair (British magazine) artists
Category:19th-century English male artists