James Hardy, Jnr. RI.

British 1832

James Hardy Junior was a painter and watercolourist from Bristol. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1862 and 1886, as well as at the British Institution, Suffolk Street and the New Watercolour Society. The artist became an associate of the New Watercolour Society in 1874 and was made a full member in 1877.

Hardy’s subjects were landscapes with rustic figures, hunting scenes, still lifes and genre scenes or interiors. He is also known to have painted dogs with game.

Sales of his works were held at Christies on 9 March 1878 and also after his death on 4 April 1889.