John Wooton (1722-1764)
Wootton was a popular eighteenth-century painter who shows the influences of Italian, French and German schools of painting. He was noted in England for his paintings of sporting scenes, especially those with horses. His circle of friends included writers and poets, among them John Gay, Alexander Pope, Matthew Prior and Jonathan Swift. Prior, Gay and Pope all owned pictures painted by Wootton..
John Wooton 
Wootton was a popular eighteenth-century painter who shows the influences of Italian, French and German schools of painting. He was noted in England for his paintings of sporting scenes, especially those with horses. His circle of friends included writers and poets, among them John Gay, Alexander Pope, Matthew Prior and Jonathan Swift. Prior, Gay and Pope all owned pictures painted by Wootton..