An oil on canvas painting by Elsie Wallis depicting a tricolour foxhound in a stable or kennel interior. The hound is shown standing alert over a bed of straw, with hanging tack and a window visible in the background. The work is rendered in a traditional realistic style characteristic of British sporting art, featuring textured brushwork particularly in the depiction of the straw. The painting is signed Elsie Wallis and dated 1944 in the lower right corner. It is presented in an ornate, heavily moulded gilt frame with floral motifs and a plain inner slip.
45 x 23 inches.
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