87. Stanley Berkeley 1855 - 1909
Farrier Sgt. W. J. Hardham. No.7 Company ('C' Squadron) 4th Rough Riders - 
Watercolour
46.5 x 36 cm
Signed
est. $8,000 - 12,000
Fetched $15,500
Relative Size: Farrier Sgt. W. J. Hardham. No.7 Company ('C' Squadron) 4th Rough Riders - 
Relative size

Farrier Sgt. W. J. Hardham. No.7 Company ('C' Squadron) 4th Rough Riders -  New Zealand Contingent Winning his Victoria Cross Near Naauwpoort, South Africa, on 28th January 1901. 

Stanley Berkeley was an British painter favouring animal, sporting and historical military subjects. Born in London, he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, the Grafton Galleries and the New Watercolour Society from 1878 until 1902. Many of his pictures were retrospective military scenes of the English Civil War and the Battle of Waterloo. Berkeley also depicted contemporary events and several were published as photogravures by Henry Graves including The Victory of Candahar, Charge of the Gordon Highlanders at Dargai, Atbara, and Omdurman.

Some of his most popular pictures were representations of dramatic events in the Boer War. He also provided illustrations for various books, magazines and newspapers, producing many works in watercolour and monochrome. In 1884, he was elected a member of the Royal Society of Painters and Etchers for his illustration work. Berkeley married landscape painter, Edith Berkeley and they lived at Surbiton Hill, Surrey, where he died on April 24, 1909.

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