Title - The Grey Horse, Ned Osborne on Grey Tick(c1913)

Artist - Sir Alfred James Munnings

The model, Mr Osborne, can be seen riding the grey mare, Grey Tick, bareback with a fair at Zennor on the north coast of Cornwall in the background, where Munnings moved to in 1913.

The connection between Munnings and Ned Osborne was made when the artist moved to Lamorna, in Cornwall in 1913. The artist described meeting Osborne in the first instalment of his autobiography: “My stables and studio at Lamorna were all in one; the studio, a large converted loft with a skylight, was above the stables. I found a new lad, a primitive Cornish youth. Ned was the name of this simple soul, who grew into a useful combination of groom-model, and posed for many a picture.”