EARLY 20th C OIL PORTRAIT OF A HORSE

Oil portrait of a Bay Colt in a landscape, from a collection of works and sketches by Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919)

Alfred Lovett was an army officer commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1883, and he was promoted through the ranks to Brigadier General. He was posted to India with his regiment as a lieutenant in 1883, initially in Karachi. He then moved to Poona, Ahmedmagar, Bombay and Narisabad. He commanded the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment with the BEF in 1914. 

He was a very talented artist, painting horses, landscapes, Indian Army uniforms and soldiers and his work is held in the Royal Academy.

Height 36cm   Width 45.5cm