George Henry Laporte

His works depict scenes from hunting, racing and other sporting events, as well as animal still-lifes.

This likely involves some confusion resulting from his employment with the King of Hanover, who was a member of the British royal family, as there appears to be no evidence that his parents were ever there or that he was adopted.

His father was John Laporte, a noted watercolorist and etcher of Huguenot descent, who was also his teacher.

Later, he was one of the founding members of the Royal Society of British Artists and was a regular contributor to their exhibitions at the Suffolk Street Gallery.

[2] In 1831, he became one of the first members of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, for which he provided clever sketches of hunting scenes and cavalry groups.