Cuthbert Edward Bradley (1861– 25 November 1941) was an

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Tommy Burns-Hartopp Vanity Fair 25 October 1900

Tommy Burns-Hartopp Vanity Fair 25 October 1900

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

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. His paintings depicted scenes of foxhunting and polo. His 1901 painting "King's Messenger" can be seen at the

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. Other paintings are kept by

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Museums Service. He lived at The Lodge in

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. 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)

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