Francis Sartorius I (1734 - 1804)

Francis Sartorius I

Francis Sartorius the Elder was a British animal painter.

Francis was the son and pupil of John Sartorius (c.1700-1780), an animal painter and founder of a four-generation dynasty of the famous Sartorius family of artists.

Francis Sartorius was a prolific and popular artist whose main subject matter was horses, racing and hunting scenes. He also collaborated with magazines as an illustrator.

His son John Nost Sartorius (1759-1828) and grandson John Francis Sartorius (1775-1831) were also famous horse painters.