William Smithson Broadhead (British, 1888-1960)
CONNETT ON THE HENRYVILLE
Oil on board, 13" x 16"
Signed, inscribed, dated Inscribed on verso: "Eugene V. Connett, III fishing at Henryville on Paradise Creek. This picture was painted by William Broadhead, English artist, while John Frost looked on." (by Eugene Connett's own hand). And an additional note below, also in his hand: "This picture to go to Eugene V. Connett, IV."
Illustrated: Cover of The Anglers' Club Bulletin, Winter 2010/2011, Vol. 85. Ed. 1., published by The Anglers' Club of New York.
Broadhead, a British painter known for his illustrations for periodicals, travelled around the world living the "sporting life." He eventually settled in Middleburg, Virginia, in 1947. Broadhead painted this as a gift to his friend Eugene V. Connett III, a Princeton graduate and the founder of Derrydale Press. Considered the greatest sporting book publisher of all time, he told Time magazine that "a bottle of Scotch and a map of Ireland" gave him the name for the company. While at the helm of Derrydale, Connett hunted and fished with some of the greatest sporting artists of the 20th century.