William Verner Longe
William Verner Longe was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses.
Biography
Longe was born the son of Revd John Longe and his wife Maria Elizabeth Verner née Martin. Longe was educated at Ipswich School, Ipswich School of Arts and Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.He was married at Brandeston, Suffolk on 5 January 1905 to Marjory Brooke, daughter of Reginald Brooke and his wife, Jane Austin of Brandeston Hall, Suffolk and granddaughter of Francis Capper Brooke.
William died at Springfield House, Ipswich on 19 September 1924, aged 67 and his wife died in 1949, aged 77.
List of artworks
- ‘’Finish for the National’’
- ‘’The Finish Fir The Derby Sir Hugo’s Year’’ Polly Sunrise on the Sea Stranded A Winter Evening Early Morning A Winter Moon A Hunting Sketch A Portrait Blackheath, near Aldeburgh The Keeper's Cottage, Sternfield In Perils of Waters Hunting Sketch The Lowing Herd Late with the Rising Moon Fruit Watching The Cottenham Races The Princess of Wales stakes The Grand National The Gold Cup, Ascot
- Prince of Wales’s horse Diamond Jubilee winner of the 2000 guineas, the Derby and the St Leger in 1900.The last fence - the Grand National The Finish of the St Leger The Grand National Flies The Last Days of the Old Inn, Slaughden Haysel Time
- ''The Two Thousand Guineas''