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

• The Foxhound of the Twentieth Century; The Breeding and Work of the Kennels of England
• Hounds: Their Breeding and Kennel Management
• The Reminiscences Of Frank Gillard (Huntsman) With The Belvoir Hounds-1860 To 1896
• Fox-Hunting from Shire to Shire (1912)