(British, 1848-1943)

In a landscape, 1906, signed lower right ""H.F. Lucas Lucas/1906", and titled lower left, also titled, dated "Rugby/July 1906" and signed verso canvas, oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in.; reproduction molded and gilt wood frame, 22-1/4 x 26-1/4 x 3 in.

Provenance: Dixon Dixon of Royal, New Orleans, Louisiana, purchased in 1989 (accompanied by appraisal document); Virginia Private Collection

Note: Henry Frederick Lucas Lucas (born after 1850) was a 19th-century artist specializing in horse paintings. He settled in Rugby in 1878 and worked from a studio there. Lucas exhibited at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and was commissioned to paint racehorses and equestrian portraits, often in pairs, with the horse's name and date inscribed. His work, which is documented at the Courtauld Institute's Witt Photographic Archives, is similar in style to that of Alfred Munnings.