Portrait of a Hunter by Thomas Butler, Oil on Canvas. Inscribed lower left Tom/ A Hunter/ Barth; Rich:/ Taken from the / Life and painted at The Butlers Pall Mall London 1755.

This portrait depicts Bartholomew Richard Baraby’s favourite hunter, Tom. Bartholomew Baraby was appointed high sheriff of Herefordshire in 1739. Baraby was a wealthy landowner and avid hunter, residing at Brockhampton Park.

Without Frame: Height 40” (101.5cm) Width 50” (127cm)