The Master of the Hunt: The Life and Legacy of Henry Calvert Henry Calvert (1798–1868) remains one of the most evocative voices in nineteenth-century British animal painting, a master whose brush captured not merely the anatomy of horses but the very spirit of the English countryside. Born in June 1798 in Darlton, Nottinghamshire, to William Calvert and Esther Callingham, his early years were rooted in the quiet dignity of rural Engla…