Woodcock Shooting - La Chasse Aux Bécasses (after William Samuel Howitt)
James Godby (1769-1820)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1807
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
427 x 540 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500069.2
Summary
Print, engraving, Woodcock Shooting - La Chasse Aux Bécasses (after William Samuel Howitt) by James Godby (1790-1815). One of a set of six prints of hunting scenes. A woodland scene with a central male figure aiming a gun at a bird to the left. Wearing top hat, red jacket, boots and satchel. Three dogs running around a pond in the foreground. Bare trees to the right, long grasses and bracken in the foreground. Inscribed 'WOODCOCK SHOOTING LA CHASSE AUX BECASSES'.
Marks and inscriptions
Published and Sold Sept[.r] 1[.st] 1807. by Edw[.d] Orme. Printseller to the King, Engraver and Publisher, Bond street, the corner of Brook Street, London. / (printed centrally underneath title)
Makers and roles
James Godby (1769-1820), engraver (printmaker) after William Samuel Howitt (1756 – London 1822), artist