Fox Hunting - La Chasse Au Renard
Vivares and Merke
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1807
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
427 x 540 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500069.6
Summary
One of a set of six prints of hunting scenes. An outdoor scene with three main male figures on horseback; wearing riding hats, red coats and black ankle boots. Two male figures are in the background and wearing green coats. The three main figures are in the foreground on flat ground. Stable block in the background with a pack of hunting dogs running out through the entrance. Inscribed 'FOX HUNTING. LA CHASSE AU RENARD'.
Marks and inscriptions
Published and Sold Dec[.r] 1. 1807. by Edw[.d] Orme 59, Bond Street, London. / (printed centrally underneath title)
Makers and roles
Vivares and Merke , engraver (printmaker) William Samuel Howitt (1756 – London 1822), artist