Cuthbert Bradley

Cuthbert Edward Bradley (1861– 25 November 1941) was an English painter, sporting writer and magazine illustrator.[1][2][3][4]

Tommy Burns, 1900 Vanity Fair illustration
John Otho Paget, 1902 Vanity Fair illustration

Biography

Cuthbert Bradley was the eldest son of The Reverend Edward Bradley (1827 – 1889), who wrote under the pen name, 'Cuthbert Bede'.[4] He graduated from King's College London, where he studied architecture.[4]

He worked as a sporting journalist for The Field and as a magazine illustrator for Vanity Fair.[4] He also wrote books about foxhunting. His paintings depicted scenes of foxhunting and polo.

His 1901 painting "King's Messenger" can be seen at the Penrhyn Castle.[3] Other paintings are kept by Leicestershire County Council Museums Service.[3]

He lived at The Lodge in Folkingham, Lincolnshire.[5] He died there on 25 November 1941[6] and was buried at St Andrew's Church, Folkingham; he had been church warden at the church for the past 42 years.[7]

Paintings
  • Ranelagh - Mr Milburn on Teddy Roosevelt[1][2]
  • Mr J. Watson Webb, the left-handed American No. 3 going thirty miles an hour[1]
  • Lewis Lacey on Marie Sol[1][2]
  • Jupiter[1][2]
  • County Cup Final Game, July 9, 1891[2]
  • Roehampton Open Challenge Cup[2]
  • Kings Messenger Held by a Groom (1901)[3]
  • The Ledbury Hounds (1913)[8]
  • Quorn Hounds, Cruiser and Woeful (1926)[3]
  • Fallible and Ranter (1926)[3]
  • Quorn Hounds, Batsman, Baffler, Weaver and Batchelor (1927)[3]
  • Quorn Hound, Wonderful (1929)[3]
  • Belvoir, Sir Gilbert Hart Greenall[4]
  • A Father of The Belvoir[4]
  • Lady Ursula Manners (1936)[9]

Bibliography

References
  1. Horace Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 301
  2. Horace Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2012, p. 146
  3. Paintings by or after Cuthbert Bradley at the Art UK site
  4. Sally Mitchell Fine Arts Archived 2013-02-16 at Archive.today
  5. CUTHBERT BRADLEY (1861-1943) | Design for the trade sign of The White Horse Inn Public House | Christie's Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  6. "Death of Mr. Cuthbert Bradley". The Grantham Journal. 28 November 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Noted Hunting Figure - Funeral of Cuthbert Bradley". The Grantham Journal. 5 December 1941. p. 2. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. Bonhams
  9. https://www.goldingyoung.com/Lot/?sale=CL040309&lot=3&id=271639
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