Lot no. 1509
Hunting
Wolstenholme, according to D.
Fox Hunting: The Start, The Find, The Chase, and The Death. 4 large-format coloured aquatint prints by R. Reeve after D. Wolstenholme. 1806. 53 x 39.5 cm. Each mounted under passepartout and bound in Lwd. Album with gilt title (rubbed and bumped).
Rare. - The complete series with the 4 prints after paintings by the British painter Dean Wolstenholme. The prints were made and published by the British artist Richard Reeve (1780-ca. 1835). - The prints show the respective phases of the fox hunt and are coloured in vivid colours. In the foreground are the hunters on their horses and their four-legged assistants. From the first scene, which shows the calm before the hunt, to the hounds setting off in a pack and, in the last picture, circling the hunted fox to catch it. The magnificent images skilfully convey the excitement of the hunt. - With slight marginal tears. Overall a very well-preserved print.
Hunting. - 4 large-format coloured aquatint prints by R. Reeve after D. Wolstenholme. Each mounted under passepartout and bound in Lwd. Album with gilt title (rubbed and bumped). - Rare. - The complete series with the 4 prints after paintings by the British painter Dean Wolstenholme. The prints were made and published by the British artist Richard Reeve (1780-ca. 1835). - The prints show the respective phases of the fox hunt and are coloured in vivid colours. In the foreground are the hunters on their horses and their four-legged assistants. From the first scene, which shows the calm before the hunt, to the hounds setting off in a pack and, in the last picture, circling the hunted fox to catch it. The magnificent images skilfully convey the excitement of the hunt. - With slight marginal tears. Overall a very well-preserved print.
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