Antique Print-BACHELOR’S HALL-FOX HUNTING-HORSE-HUNTER-5-F.C. Turner-c. 1820

Handcoloured aquatint and line etching on wove (velin) paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 46.4 x 36.9 cm. The image size is ca. 35.4 x 28.3 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 18.3 x 14.5 inch. The image size is ca. 13.9 x 11.1 inch.

Original antique print, titled: ”Bachelor”s Hall, plate 5”, (”The scent is breast high, ”tis a burst from the find”), showing a pack of hunting dogs and several hunters on horseback around their quarry: a fox. From a series of total 6 hunting plates, titled ‘Bachelor’s Hall’, a humorous portrayal of bachelor fox hunters.Artists and Engravers: Engraved by an unknown engraver (possible George Hunt) after F.C. Turner. Francis Calcroft Turner (c. 1782-1846) was a British painter of mainly sporting and equestrian subjects.

Condition: Very good, given age. Surface damage on the rear, minimally visible on the front (as a crease). Small stains in the margins. General age-related toning and occasional light stains from handling. Please study image carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-BACHELOR’S HALL-FOX HUNTING-HORSE-HUNTER-5-F.C. TURNER

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