Breaking Cover, Billesdon Caplow (after Henry Thomas Alken)
Thomas Sutherland (1785-1838)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
20 Mar 1824
Materials
Paper
Measurements
330 x 840 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286160.2
Summary
Print, coloured aquatint, Breaking Cover, Billesdon Caplow (after Henry Thomas Alken) by Thomas Sutherland (1785-1838). Second of four coloured aquatints called 'The Leicestershire Covers'. See card D/272a-d for further details. b) 'Breaking Cover, Billesdon Caplow'. A view over hills and many different fields, the huntsmen and horses in the foreground galloping towards the centre of the picture. In the background are well-known landmarks which are named below the picture.
Marks and inscriptions
Breaking Cover, Billesdon Caplow
Makers and roles
Thomas Sutherland (1785-1838), engraver (printmaker) after Henry Thomas Alken (London 1785 - London 1851), artist S.and J.Fuller, engraver and publisher