Antique Master Print-HARE-SHOOTING-MEZZOTINT-Morland-c.1780

Print

165.00

‘HARE SHOOTING.’

– An English gentleman hunter with flintlock musket and dog in a woodland setting. The hunter stands mid-action, turning left in alert pose.

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Description

Medium: Mezzotint engraving on Hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 39.5 x 33.2 cm (15.55 x 13.07 inch). Image size: 36.2 x 29.9 cm. (14.25 x 11.77 inch).

Condition: good, given age. A few small tears in bottom paper edge, backed. G. Morland glued to front. Old vertical fold. Light soilig. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GEORGE MORLAND, HARE HUNTING, ENGLISH COUNTRY LIFE, SPORTING ART, 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, MEZZOTINT, RUSTIC SCENES, ENGLISH GENTRY | PCO-B8-31

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Based on an original painting by George Morland.

Biography artist: George Morland (1763-1804) was an English painter known for rustic and genre scenes, often reproduced as prints. His prolific output included hunting, rural life, animals, and domestic scenes, popular with the rising middle class.

Additional information

Dimensions 33 × 39 × 1 cm

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