Henry Robinson Hall (1859–1927) was a Victorian and Edwardian landscape painter in oils and watercolours noted for his Highland cattle.

Life

Hall was born to Eliza Robinson in the

City of York The City of York, officially simply "York", is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. ...

in 1859 and died on 31 May 1927 at

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the county of Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borou ...

.''In Memory of Henry Robinson Hall ...'', Monumental Inscription, St Andrews Churchyard, Coniston (Cumbria) 1927. He lived in the

, Elswick,

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

Woodland A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the '' plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunli ...

, Coniston and

, and married Mary Annie née Bleasdale. He is buried in the yard of St. Andrews parish church at Coniston. Hall was a painter who exhibited at the

Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its ...

in 1902 ''The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their Work from its Foundation in 1769 to 1904 – Volume 3 Eadie to Harraden'' by

Algernon Graves Algernon Graves (1845–1922) was a British art historian and art dealer, who specialised in the documentation of the exhibition and sale of works of art. He created reference sources that began the modern discipline of provenance research. Ear ...

, Henry Graves and George Bell, London 1905, page 356a. and was a fellow of the North British Academy of Arts. Hall's known works include: * A Cattle Raid in the Highlands (1890). * Coniston Lake from Lake Bank (nd). * Denizen of the Highlands (nd). * Drover with Cows by Lake Buttermere Evening (nd). * Evening Glow (1902) * Highland Cattle (nd). * Highland Cattle above Loch Maree (nd). * Highland Cattle, Isle of Skye (nd). * The Ghyll, Coniston, Cumbria (nd). * The Home of the Golden Eagle (nd). * The Young Falconer (nd).The Young Falconer
in Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, England LA95AL. Accessed 17 July 2012.

References

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