# William Barraud
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{{short description|English animal painter and illustrator}}
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| name = William Barraud
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| birth_date = 1810
| birth_place = [Lambeth](/source/Lambeth), London
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1850|10|01|1810|||df=y}}
| death_place = [Kensington](/source/Kensington), London
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| occupation = Painter, illustrator
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| spouse = Mary Ratliff
Margaret Harrison.
| children = 1
| relatives = [Henry Barraud](/source/Henry_Barraud_(artist)) (brother)
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thumb|Portrait of a saddled black hunter with a sheep dog in a stable (1837)
'''William Barraud''' (1810 – 1 October 1850) was an English [animal painter](/source/animal_painter) and illustrator, the brother of [Henry Barraud](/source/Henry_Barraud_(artist)), with whom he collaborated on many works.[{{cite DNB|wstitle=Barraud, William|volume=3|page=275}}][[http://www.richard-green.com/William-Barraud-grey-and-chestnut-hunter-with-deerhound-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=6&tabindex=5&objectid=228300 Biography] (Richard Green Fine Paintings).][[http://www.lacewing.co.uk/art-and-antiques/detail/40373 Biography] (Lacewing Fine Arts).][[http://www.johnbennettfinepaintings.co.uk/johnbennett_fine_paintings/dogs_birds_other_animals/292.asp Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807223211/http://www.johnbennettfinepaintings.co.uk/johnbennett_fine_paintings/dogs_birds_other_animals/292.asp |date=7 August 2011 }} (John Bennett Fine Paintings).]
==Biography==
William was born in [Lambeth](/source/Lambeth) in London, one of 17 children of William Francis Barraud (1783–1833), a clerk in the [Custom House](/source/Custom_House%2C_City_of_London), and Sophia (née) Hull. His paternal grandfather was Paul Philip Barraud[Gordon-Gorman, William James. ''[https://archive.org/details/a583403600gorduoft Converts to Rome: a biographical list of the more notable converts to the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom during the last sixty years]'' (London: Sands, 1910) p14.] an eminent [chronometer](/source/Marine_chronometer) maker in [Cornhill](/source/Cornhill%2C_London), and his maternal grandfather, Thomas Hull, a miniature painter. The family was of French [Huguenot](/source/Huguenot) origin that had come over to England at the time of the revocation of the [Edict of Nantes](/source/Edict_of_Nantes). His younger brother [Henry Barraud](/source/Henry_Barraud_(artist)) was also a notable artist, and another, Edward, though talented in art did not take it up as a profession.
On leaving school he is said to have become a clerk in the Custom House where his father worked (although there are no records of this), but eventually became a pupil of artist [Abraham Cooper](/source/Abraham_Cooper). As an animal artist he specialised in painting horses and dogs, exhibiting at the [Royal Academy](/source/Royal_Academy) from 1829–50, the [British Institution](/source/British_Institution) from 1828–49, the [Society of British Artists](/source/Society_of_British_Artists) and at other venues. His work was popular with huntsmen and dog-fanciers. He also produced some historical and landscape paintings.
William shared a studio,[The studio was in Park Street, [Grosvenor Square](/source/Grosvenor_Square).] from 1835 until his untimely death, with his brother Henry, and collaborated on many subject pictures with himself painting the animals and Henry the figures. Several of these joint works were exhibited at the Royal Academy. The brothers also produced a book together entitled "Sketches of Figures and Animals" (H. Graves and Co. c. 1850). William also collaborated on another book with fellow artist [Thomas Fairland](/source/Thomas_Fairland) (1804–52) called "The book of animals drawn from nature" (C. Tilt, 1846).
In 1841 William married Mary Ratliff and they had a son [Clement William Barraud](/source/Clement_William_Barraud) (1843–1926), who went on to become a stained-glass designer (for [Lavers, Barraud and Westlake](/source/Lavers%2C_Barraud_and_Westlake)), a [Jesuit](/source/Jesuit) priest, poet and playwright.