Henry Frederick Lucas-Lucas was born in Louth, Lincolnshire in 1848 and devoted his life to painting equestrian subjects. At the age of thirty he settled in Rugby and during his ninety-five years painted polo, racing, hunting and stable scenes.

The artist’s longevity and prodigious career, spanning both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, mean that his paintings have become pictorial records, documenting the social changes that occurred during the period.