Reynard's Last Shift. From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors.
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Pauls Ch. Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs [date excised but after 1779]
Mezzotint with etching. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with wide margins.
A fox, pursued by hounds and members of the hunt who run in from the left, takes refuge in the cottage of a farmer, where the wife and daughters wave brooms at the intruders. Reduced copy of an earlier engraving after the painting by John Collet (c.1725-1780), whose works were frequently engraved in the mezzotint 'droll' fashion, as here.
For a larger version of this image see ref. 1330.
[Ref: 38350] £180.00
Mezzotint with etching. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), with wide margins.
A fox, pursued by hounds and members of the hunt who run in from the left, takes refuge in the cottage of a farmer, where the wife and daughters wave brooms at the intruders. Reduced copy of an earlier engraving after the painting by John Collet (c.1725-1780), whose works were frequently engraved in the mezzotint 'droll' fashion, as here.
For a larger version of this image see ref. 1330.
[Ref: 38350] £180.00