An Animalier best known for his paintings of horses and military subjects, de Prades’ works follow very closely the tradition of George Stubbs (1724–1806) a style which popularized him among the noble British sporting set, who heavily patronized the artist from about 1850 until his death in 1885.

[1]) was born in Lunel, Hérault, France, the son of a Huguenot shipping magnate, Emile Jacob Pierre Marie Simon Alexandre Prades-Prestreau, (Genoa 1794-St Helier after 1879[2]) and his wife Pascale Victoire Garnier.

[citation needed] A F de Prades was a regular participant in shows at the British Institution, a group of artists rebelling against the formalism of the Royal Academy of Arts.

King Edward VII commissioned a de Prades’ painting of his racehorse “Fairplay”, winner of the 1882 Household Brigade Cup at Sandown, further cementing his patronage by the bon ton of the United Kingdom.

In the mid 1780s two Occitan aventuriers and shipping magnates named Pierre and Jean Jacques Prades-Prestreau from Lunel, (Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon) formed an international trading company representing nine French manufacturers in ports around the Mediterranean.