Print Description
Medium: Aquatint etching with hand colouring on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 55.8 x 41.5 cm (21.97 x 16.34 inch). Image size: 55.8 x 41.5 cm. (21.97 x 16.34 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Trimmed to image. Some paper loss in margins, margin a bit irregular. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
FOX HUNTING, ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE, HOUNDS, HORSES, EQUESTRIAN, GEORGIAN ERA, WOLSTENHOLME, REEVE, SPORTING PRINT | PCO-B8-35
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Reeve, London, 1806.
Biography engraver: Richard Gilson Reeve (1803-1889) was a British engraver and aquatint specialist best known for sporting and animal subjects. His finely colored prints captured the rural life and equestrian pursuits of 19th-century England.
Biography artist: Dean Wolstenholme Sr. (1757-1837) was an English painter and printmaker specializing in hunting, shooting, and sporting scenes. His detailed works helped define the visual vocabulary of Georgian country pursuits.
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