
Leo Webster
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An oil on canvas of a recumbent black dog upon a silk draped chair attendant by his masters riding gloves and crop. This composition of 1901 is very similar to that of Clarke's contemporary Frederick Hall (English 1860-1948), also a recumbent Cavalier King Charles Spaniel by his masters gloves. (See The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel: A Tribute in Art by Barbara Garnett-Wilson and Roy A. Wilson).
Clarke exhibited profusely, including 4 works at the Royal Society of Artists in Birmingham; 2 at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters; 11 at the Royal Academy; and twice at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. He was the assistant Art Master at Harrow School (1902-1909), leaving for Repton (1909-1922), then returning to Harrow (1922-1936) as Art Master.