Paintings
William Barraud
A Couple of Foxhounds with a Terrier the property of Lord Henry Bentinck
A Pony with a Dog
A Favourite Grey Horse belonging to George Reed standing in a Loose Box
A Grey and a chestnut hunter with a deerhound
Three Fox Hounds in a Paved Kennel Yard
Portrait of Lord Methuen's Spaniels, Gipsy and Fairy
William Barraud (1810 – 1 October 1850) was an English animal painter and illustrator, the brother of Henry Barraud, with whom he collaborated on many works.[1][2][3][4]
William was born in Lambeth in London, one of 17 children of William Francis Barraud (1783–1833), a clerk in the Custom House, and Sophia (née) Hull. His paternal grandfather was Paul Philip Barraud[5] an eminent chronometer maker in Cornhill, and his maternal grandfather, Thomas Hull, a miniature painter. The family was of French Huguenot origin that had come over to England at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. His younger brother Henry Barraud was also a notable artist, and another, Edward, though talented in art did not take it up as a profession.
On leaving school he is said to have become a clerk in the Custom House where his father worked (although there are no records of this), but eventually became a pupil of artist Abraham Cooper. As an animal artist he specialised in painting horses and dogs, exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1829–50, the British Institution from 1828–49, the Society of British Artists and at other venues. His work was popular with huntsmen and dog-fanciers. He also produced some historical and landscape paintings.
William shared a studio,[6] from 1835 until his untimely death, with his brother Henry, and collaborated on many subject pictures with himself painting the animals and Henry the figures. Several of these joint works were exhibited at the Royal Academy. The brothers also produced a book together entitled "Sketches of Figures and Animals" (H. Graves and Co. c. 1850). William also collaborated on another book with fellow artist Thomas Fairland (1804–52) called "The book of animals drawn from nature" (C. Tilt, 1846).
In 1841 William married Mary Ratliff and they had a son Clement William (1843–1926), who went on to become a stained-glass designer (for Lavers, Barraud and Westlake), a Jesuit priest, poet and playwright.[5] Mary died soon after the birth and in 1850 William married Margaret Harrison.
William died in Kensington, London from dysentery and typhoid fever on 1 October 1850, in his fortieth year.
References
Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Barraud, William". Dictionary of National Biography. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 275.
Biography (Richard Green Fine Paintings).
Biography (Lacewing Fine Arts).
Biography (John Bennett Fine Paintings).
Gordon-Gorman, William James. Converts to Rome: a biographical list of the more notable converts to the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom during the last sixty years (London: Sands, 1910) p14.
The studio was in Park Street, Grosvenor Square.
External links
A grey and a chestnut hunter with a deerhound (oil on canvas, 1845)
A Grey in a stable (Oil on canvas, 1840)
Works by William Barraud (AskArt)
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