Page 4 - OSG: Henrietta Abel Smith: An English Country Garden

‘The first painting I saw by Henrietta in 2014, was a six

foot, oil copy of a picture of the 4th Duke of Norfolk;
it was outstanding with a wonderful attention to detail.

Going socially down-market, I asked her to paint my
favourite dog; it was brilliant and would not have been

out of place at this years ‘Portrait of Dogs’ at

the Wallace Collection. I now own pictures by her
of flowers, fruit - and even dead mackerel.

I decided to check my judgement by asking Susan
Crawford, the leading animal and portrait painter

(The Royal Collection has over twenty of her pictures)

what were her views of Henrietta’s work; she said
that Henrietta was a ‘superb draughtswoman’ and

added that she only purchased modern pictures
painted by artists of real talent.

She owns pictures by Henrietta; I rest my case!’

Brigadier Andrew Parker-Bowles OBE