Hall was born in
Cambridge towards the middle of the second decade of the 19th century (dates of 1813, 1814, 1815, and 1816 are to be found in biographies). He first appeared as an artist at
Tattersalls, working on a number of their publications; initially
British Racehorses and
The Sporting Review. He graduated to become chief artist of
The Field. He produced a great volume of work, much of which was
engraved.
The Sporting Magazine published 114
plates by Hall. He also worked for
The Illustrated London News. Hall began life as a portrait painter and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1838, however his career was established on his first equestrian work being given at the Royal Academy in 1845 when he exhibited a Suffolk cob from Newmarket. He worked from his home, Willoughby House, Newmarket, from 1846 and frequently across England and Europe. He worked continuously, without need for exhibiting, from 1860. ==Death==