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

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painter, sporting writer and magazine illustrator.Horace Laffaye, ''Polo in the United States: A History'',

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, 2011, p. 301Horace Laffaye, ''Polo in Britain: A History'', Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2012, p. 146Sally Mitchell Fine Arts
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

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, 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 Polo is a stick and ball game that is played on horseback as a traditional field sport. It is one of the world's oldest known team sports, having been adopted in the Western world from the game of Chovgan (), which originated in ancient ...

. 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)

References

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