Horse & Hound

The last Edwardian sportsman

Edited by Catherine Austen

catherine.austen@futurenet.com

@cfausten123

ONE winter's evening in the 1920s, as Raoul Millais hacked home from a day with the Beaufort, he found himself riding alongside Lieutenant–Colonel Guy Hanmer.

“You the painter fellow?” Guy asked.

Raoul confirmed that he was. They clopped along in silence for a couple of minutes while the Colonel digested this, then he declared, “You must agree, old boy, it's damned odd for a fellow to paint.”

It would have been odd if Raoul Millais hadn't painted. His grandfather was John Everett Millais, who co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and went on to be one of the most successful artists of the Victorian age. Everett Millais was also a keen

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