[Sportsman.]
W. Delamotte fe. Oxford 1801.
Etching. 261 x 348mm (10¼" x 13¾"), paper watermarked '1794 J Whatman'. A few marks and scuffs on the surface.
A rustic man muzzle-loading his gun preparing for the hunt as birds fly overhead. William Delamotte [de la Motte] (1775-1863), was a British landscape artist.
[Ref: 8915] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Sportsman Preparing.
Painted by E.F. Lambert. Engraved by G. & C. Hunt.
[Originally published 1829 by J. Moore, but later.]
Aquatint. 405 x 460mm (16 x 18"), large margins. Tears in edges of margins.
A scene of a rider tying his gaiters as a groom prepares his horse, illustrating a verse by W.T. Moncrieff. A pair with 'The Sportsman's Visit'. Hickman p.293.
[Ref: 47935] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Sportsman's Visit.
Painted by E.F. Lambert. Engraved by G. & C. Hunt.
London, Published 1829, by J.Moore, West Street, St. Martin's Lane.
Coloured aquatint. 405 x 460mm (16 x 18"). Some spotting, tear in right edge.
A rider passing a pheasant to a woman outside a country inn, illustrating a verse by W.T. Moncrieff. A pair with 'The Sportsman Preparing'. Hickman p.292.
[Ref: 3658] £750.00
The Twelfth.
A. Thorburn.
[n.d., c.1895.]
Photogravure. Sheet: 435 x 575mm (17 x 22¾") very large margins.
A shooting scene showing the start of the grouse season on the 12th August. Three figures walk over the crest of a hill with a spaniel leading while in the foreground a covey of grouse hide beneath a rock. After a painting by Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935).
[Ref: 47449] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Water Hen Shooting.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"), with very large margins.
A sporting in which two men and their dogs flush out a moorhen. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46238] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Water Hen Shooting.
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 234 x 330mm. 9¼ x 13". Frame 420 x 520mm. 16½ x 20½".
Two gentleman with rifles accompanied by four dogs, chasing water hen, one of which flies out into the open panicked, pursued by a dog. Plate 29 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'. Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25710] £350.00
Wild Fowl Shooting.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins. Slight offsetting.
A sporting scene showing two men slowly creeping towards the waters edge with their two spaniels. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46237] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
La Chasse De La Bècasse. [Woodcock hunting].
Peinte par G. Morland. Dirigee par A. Suntach.
Publieé les 15 Juin 1790 par Antoine Suntach.
Stipple. Platemark: 270 x 315mm (10 ½ x 12¼"). Large margins. Small holes in lower left margin. Damage to upper right corner outside platemark.
A man is packing his rifle at left, while a dog beside him sniffs at a dead bird wit another dog lying beside. Two more men are at the right, with one thrashing the bushes in the background. After English painter, George Morland (1762/3 - 1804) renowned for his scenes of English rural life and picturesque landscapes. Engraved and published by Italian reproductive stipple engraver, Antonio Suntach (1744 - 1828). Part of a series of nine hunting scenes, including some plates after Ibbetson.
[Ref: 33241] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Woodcock Shooting.
Engraved by Mr. Pyall from a Painting by Mr Jones in the Possession of the Publisher.
London Published 1 September 1827 by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley Royal Exchange.
Rare colour-printed aquatint. Sheet: 390 x 455mm (15¼ x 18''). Paper tone, trimmed within plate, repaired tears, small woodworm holes.
A shooting scene showing a pair of spaniels and a sportsman rushing to fetch a fallen woodcock.
[Ref: 50910] £420.00