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(b Liverpool, 11 May 1815; d Farnborough, Hants, 20 April
1885). English painter. He was the son of an artisan and in 1835 entered
the Liverpool Academy Schools, where he later became president
(1845-6). One of his earliest and largest dated works is the Waterloo Coursing Meeting
(1.4*2.4 m, 1840; Liverpool, Walker A.G.). This canvas demonstrates his
considerable skill as a portrait painter and creates a detailed record
of a major sporting event of the period which was attended by many
members of the local aristocracy, some of whom, notably the 3rd Earl of
Sefton, were his patrons. It was engraved and published in 1843, and
other works were similarly popularized. Shooting Party in the Highlands
(1840; Liverpool, Walker A.G.) was the first of 149 works exhibited at
the Royal Academy. It shows huntsmen with their horses and dogs resting
after a good day's sport, a theme that Ansdell oft
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