Rountree Tryon Galleries

Rountree Tryon Galleries By Royal Appointment, 2018-23. Specialist art dealers in sporting, maritime and wildlife art. Specialists in Sporting and Maritime fine art paintings.

Established in 1959, we specialise in four specific areas of art, from 18th Century to the present. Galleries in St James, London and Petworth, West Sussex.

Honoured to see our upcoming exhibition featured in this weeks ATG!
03/09/2026

Honoured to see our upcoming exhibition featured in this weeks ATG!

This week, the window at 19 Ryder Street is displaying an 18th Century English School portrait of an Officer’s mount.Imm...
02/09/2026

This week, the window at 19 Ryder Street is displaying an 18th Century English School portrait of an Officer’s mount.

Immediately noticeable is the unusual leopard-skin saddle-cover. The actual leather saddle can be seen just underneath the skin, which has been fitted with slots for the stirrups to be fed through, so that the Officer could be seated atop of the cover.

Due to the shape of the leopard skin, we can determine that it was a type of ‘flounce’, used by cavalry officers as a display of prowess. Panther skins, as they were then referred to, were also made into ‘aprons’ which were worn by infantry drummers. The inclusion of this leopard skin in the painting demonstrated the rank of the individual who commissioned the portrait.

The use of exotic skins became fashionable following the expansion of British colonial presence into the continents of Asia and Africa. Whilst today Leopards are most commonly associated with the latter continent, it is most likely that the skins used in the British military were predominately from South Asia, exploiting the many Asiatic subspecies of Leopard which inhabit the regions.

To see this fashionable horse in person, please come to 19 Ryder Street, St. James.



ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18th CENTURY
A portrait of an Officer’s mount in front of its stablemate, with a view of a military encampment beyond
oil on canvas
28¼ x 33 in. (71.8 x 83.8 cm)




Tiger skins became equally as popular, an example of which is shown in the Equestrian Portrait of Joachim Murat, King of Naples by Antoine-Jean Gros, held in the Louvre, Paris. More flamboyant European military styles such as this influenced the 18th century British Military dress.

This week, the window at 19 Ryder Street is displaying an 18th Century English School portrait of an Officer’s mount.Imm...
02/09/2026

This week, the window at 19 Ryder Street is displaying an 18th Century English School portrait of an Officer’s mount.

Immediately noticeable is the unusual leopard-skin saddle-cover. The actual leather saddle can be seen just underneath the skin, which has been fitted with slots for the stirrups to be fed through, so that the Officer could be seated atop of the cover.

Due to the shape of the leopard skin, we can determine that it was a type of ‘flounce’, used by cavalry officers as a display of prowess. Panther skins, as they were then referred to, were also made into ‘aprons’ which were worn by infantry drummers. The inclusion of this leopard skin in the painting demonstrated the rank of the individual who commissioned the portrait.

The use of exotic skins became fashionable following the expansion of British colonial presence into the continents of Asia and Africa. Whilst today Leopards are most commonly associated with the latter continent, it is most likely that the skins used in the British military were predominately from South Asia, exploiting the many Asiatic subspecies of Leopard which inhabit the regions.

To see this fashionable horse in person, please come to 19 Ryder Street, St. James.



ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
A portrait of an Officer’s mount in front of its stablemate, with a view of a military encampment beyond
oil on canvas
28¼ x 33 in. (71.8 x 83.8 cm)



Tiger skins became equally as popular, an example of which is shown in the Equestrian Portrait of Joachim Murat, King of Naples by Antoine-Jean Gros, held in the Louvre, Paris. More flamboyant European military styles such as this influenced the 18th century British Military dress.

We are open again following the bank holiday!If you are already missing the blue skies of the summer then please come to...
01/09/2026

We are open again following the bank holiday!

If you are already missing the blue skies of the summer then please come to 19 Ryder Street- Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm

RAY HARRIS CHING (B.1939)
Clouds Study

oil on board
signed ‘Ray Harris Ching’ (lower right)
25 x 50 1/4 in. (63.5 x 128cm)

Our gallery at 19 Ryder Street is now closed and will reopen on Tuesday 1st September, after the bank holiday.We look fo...
21/08/2026

Our gallery at 19 Ryder Street is now closed and will reopen on Tuesday 1st September, after the bank holiday.
We look forward to seeing you all in the new month and hope that you have a lovely last week of summer!
For any enquiries, please contact [email protected]

This week, the window at 19 Ryder Street is displaying Lieutenant Thomas Yates’ ‘Revenue Cutter and other shipping off t...
17/08/2026

This week, the window at 19 Ryder Street is displaying Lieutenant Thomas Yates’ ‘Revenue Cutter and other shipping off the coast’.

Completed oil paintings by Yates are few and far between, as his artistic career was cut short due to his untimely death. Yates decided to pursue art after a short career in the Navy, having been commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1782. Draughtsmanship was a skill taught to all naval cadets and Yates utilised this initial training, and his innate ability, to produce a small collection of skilfully rendered maritime works.
Unfortunately, those works and Yates’ talent is often overshadowed by his tragic death- he was shot dead in August 1796 during a domestic dispute over the ownership of his Great-uncles home.

Yates began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1788 and continued to do so until 1794. He called upon his naval career to accurately portray different vessels, such as the Revenue Cutter shown in this work. Flying a red ensign, the Revenue Cutter is identifiable by its low profile and single-masted gaff rig. Their role was to patrol coastal waters, collecting customs duties for the crown and also to intercept and prevent smuggling. This purpose is reflected in their low, light build which enabled speed and agility. Yate’s grasp on topography was also effective, showing in this work a convincing distance line and portrayal of the coast underneath a dramatic sky, likely building up momentum before a storm.

Please come by 19 Ryder Street to take a closer look at this snapshot of 18th century maritime activity!


LIEUTENANT THOMAS YATES R.N. (c.1760-1796)
Revenue Cutter and other shipping off the coast
oil on panel
16½ x 21¼ in. (42 x 54cm)

This leopard has been getting a lot of attention recently, so we wanted to tell you a little bit more about it…Leopard (...
14/08/2026

This leopard has been getting a lot of attention recently, so we wanted to tell you a little bit more about it…

Leopard (bronze) was sculpted by the artist Domenica de Ferranti, who was classically trained in fine art in Florence and is inspired by encounters with humans and animals from across the globe.

There is such great attention to detail in Ferranti’s work through actual in-person studies of the figures she is portraying. For example, the Leopard’s outstretched paw as he’s slowly stalking forward, with a lowered head and set gaze. It’s a detail that’s so easy to miss, but any stalking cat, even house cats, don’t place a foot straight down but do this very careful twist, moving the pad inwards towards their bodies. In a moment, that foot will land and there won’t be a single sound.

Unlike a lot of Bronzes, this work doesn’t exist in a removed, stationary state but encourages the viewer to physically interact with it. The way in which Ferranti sculpts her works means that you can trace your fingers over her sculptures and almost feel like you are applying those initial layers of clay yourself. Ferranti has achieved a wonderful balance between accurate conformation and looseness, that allows your mind to fill in the gaps and create something continually fresh and alive. It is such a wonderfully tactile object!

To see this leopard and more wonderful works by Ferranti, please come by our gallery at 19 Ryder Street in St. James’s.

It’s still hot and sunny, but our September 29th - October 16th exhibition ‘Hound and Horse’ is fast approaching- get re...
12/08/2026

It’s still hot and sunny, but our September 29th - October 16th exhibition ‘Hound and Horse’ is fast approaching- get ready!

Many thanks to The Society of London Art Dealers

https://slad.org.uk/events/hound-and-horse/

This week, the window at 19 Ryder Street is displaying a scene that takes place just a few streets away from our Gallery...
11/08/2026

This week, the window at 19 Ryder Street is displaying a scene that takes place just a few streets away from our Gallery!

Gilbert Holiday’s ‘Goodnight The Old Berkeley’ shows The Old Berkeley stagecoach service on Picadilly, about to make its journey out to Brighton. The service had been revived by Bertram W. Mills and Claud F. Goddard and followed the original 19th-century stagecoach route. Historically, the stagecoach journey to Brighton took around 10 hours, but this new and improved “Old Berkeley” service made the trip in under eight.

This scene, which was likely imagined by Holiday, has been drawn from the entrance of Hatchett’s Restaurant and Grill. The Old White Horse Cellar at No. 155 Piccadilly (where The Ritz is now located) was one of the best-known coaching inns in England during the 18th and 19th centuries. It rose to prominence under Abraham Hatchett who moved it to the opposite side of the road (to the corner of Dover Street and Picadilly) and renamed it “Hatchett’s Hotel and White Horse Cellar.” In its heyday, Hatchett’s White Horse Cellar was the starting terminus for all western-bound mail coaches from London and was the nightly departure location for mail bound for Bath and Bristol, as well as journeys to Brighton. It had a waiting room for travellers to rest and wait for another coach, but the real draw was the cellar, where people gathered to gossip, discuss the news and share a drink.

The work has an unmistakably London feel of a cold winters night, with the streetlights dancing off the soaked roads and pavements and people crowded around in coats, making their way home. It is nostalgic and expressive and worth stopping by to have a look!

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19 Ryder Street
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