John Boultbee (1753 – 1812)

• Was an English painter of equestrian and other sporting subjects.
• He was born in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire on 4 June 1753.
• He had a twin brother Thomas (1753–1808) who was also a painter.
• They both entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1775 during the period of the presidency of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
• John Boultbee exhibited six paintings at the Royal Academy The first in 1776 (A landscape) and the last two in 1788 (Portrait of Horses and Portrait of a favourite horse of Mr Bakewell).
• John Boultbee was greatly admired by George III, who commissioned several horse-portraits by him and assigned him a residence in Windsor Great Park so that he might carry out his painting duties more conveniently.
• Later in life he lived and worked in Derby, Leicestershire, Chester and finally Liverpool where he died in 1812.
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