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1814
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Born in Cambridge. Was first recorded as working at Tattersalls, contributing to British Racehorses and the Sporting Review
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1882
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died at his house in Newmarket High Street on April 22nd 1882
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held the position of chief artist at The Field and also contributed to the Illustrated London News. Working from Newmarket for much of his career, Hall’s output consisted almost entirely of horse portraits, although he occasionally painted hunters and poaching and rabbiting scenes
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He may be considered one of the major horse portraitists of his time, filling as he did the gap left by John Frederick Herring Snr (1795-1865). Amongst his works is A Portrait of Irish Birdcatcher. His human portraits within his pictures are notably fine, and according to the fashion of the day he has a tendency to paint his horses with small heads and strong hindquarters, features typical of the thoroughbred racehorse. The Sporting Magazine published over one hundred and fourteen plates of his work and many of his horse portraits were engraved
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