signed 'Dudley Hardy' (lower right), titled 'To the bull ring' (verso)oil on canvas Unframed: 71.5 x 61.3 cm. (28 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.) Framed: 91.2 x 80.7 cm. (35 7/8 x 31 3/4 in.)Provenance:Sale; Christie’s, London, 6 March 1992, lot 10, where purchased by the present owner. The Property of a Lady Notes:The son of maritime painter Thomas Bush Hardy, he began his own artistic training at the Akademie der Künste in Düsseldorf. He continued his studies in Antwerp (1884-1885) and Paris before exhibiting regularly at the Royal Academy from 1884 until 1922.