Thomas Gooch (artist)

Thomas Gooch (1750 – 1802) was an English artist who also specialised in painting animals,[1] particularly dog[2] and horse portraiture.

Thomas Gooch was born in London circa 1750 where he lived for most of his life; he died at Lyndhurst, Hampshire in 1802.

[5] He famously carried out a study of the life of a racehorse as a set of six images, depicting the animal's misuse after a life of racing as a thoroughbred.

The Life and Death of a Racehorse, completed in 1792 was a popular work and reproduced as aquatint prints and often accompanied with a thought-provoking text on animal cruelty.

[6] Gooch was an artist who was popular with the landed gentry and prolific, exhibiting many times (76 paintings submitted) at the Royal Academy.

Lord Abergavenny's Dark Bay Carriage Horse with a Terrier
Marcia Pitt and Her Brother George Pitt, Later 2nd Baron Rivers, Riding in the Park at Stratfield Saye