The Death and Treeing;The Beaufort Hunt
Samuel Henry Gordon Alken (Ipswich 1810 - London 1894)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper, wood, glass
Measurements
480 x 680 x 40 mm
Order this imageCollection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1553714.7
Summary
The Beaufort Hunt. In the foreground, milling huntsmen and horses, many of the hounds jostling each other for a share of the reward; on the right a huntsman has climed up the branch of a dead tree, carrying the fox's brush; stragglers in the middle distance; hills behind. In rectangular oak frame, with inner gilt edges.
Provenance
Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries.
Marks and inscriptions
Printed underneat picture: from the original drawings by W.P. Hodges Esqr.T. McLean Dirixit.Engraved by Henry Alken
Makers and roles
Samuel Henry Gordon Alken (Ipswich 1810 - London 1894)