Johnson, Charles Edward (British, 1832-1913), The Horse Dealer, 1875, (exhibited at the Academy) oil on canvas, 46.5 x 71.5 inches, signed and dated lower right, framed in a gilded exhibition frame measuring 63 x 88 inches. Landscape Painter born in Stockport and studied at The Royal Academy schools, He originally worked in Edinburgh but later moved to London in 1864. He conducted a school for landscape painters in Richmond. From 1855 he exhibited at all the major galleries in the country. In 1882 he became a member of the Royal Institute for Painters in Watercolours and in 1883 the Royal Institute for Oil Painters. He has works in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery and numerous other provincial museums.