Shooting. Plate IV

In a dense forest, two men with hounds rest by a treeIn a dense forest, two men with hounds rest by a tree; one, standing, holds a rabbit; the other lounges beside the tree under which is their kill of game birds.

  • Printmaker: Woollett, William, 1735-1785, printmaker.
  • Title: Shooting. Plate IV [graphic] : engraved after an original picture in the possession of Mr. Bradford / Geo. Stubbs pinxt. ; Wm. Woollett sculpt.
  • Publication: [London] : Published by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs, 25 Octr. 1771.

Catalog Record

771.10.25.01++

Acquired November 2019

Shooting. Plate IIId

Two men hunt in the field across from a thatched cottageTwo men hunt in the field across from a thatched cottage (left) with large tree in it front yard, separated from the road by a rail fence. The hunter on the left has just fired his gun at two birds in flight above right. His companion stands ready with his gun as two hounds watch for their catch.

  • Printmaker: Woollett, William, 1735-1785, printmaker.
  • Title: Shooting. Plate IIId [graphic] : engraved after an original picture in the possession of Mr. Bradford / Geo. Stubbs pinxt. ; Wm. Woollett sculpt.
  • Publication: [London] : Published by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs, 30th Sep. 1770.

Catalog Record 

770.09.30.01++

Acquired November 2019

Shooting. Plate IId

Two men armed with guns walk towards a field across from a thatched cottageTwo men armed with guns walk towards a field across from a thatched cottage (left) as two hounds bound ahead.

  • Printmaker: Woollett, William, 1735-1785, printmaker.
  • Title: Shooting. Plate IId [graphic] : engraved after an original picture in the possession of Mr. Bradford / Geo. Stubbs pinxt. ; Wm. Woollett sculpt.
  • Publication: [London] : Published by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs, 30th Augt. 1770.

Catalog Record

770.08.30.01++

Acquired November 2019

Shooting. Plate Ist

Two men armed with guns, one standing while the other sits and loads his gunTwo men armed with guns (right), one standing while the other sits and loads his gun, prepare for a day of hunting with their two dogs. On the left is a cottage beneath a large crag, possibly Creswell Crags, on the edge of the Welbeck Estate, which feature in many Stubbs paintings.

  • Printmaker: Woollett, William, 1735-1785, printmaker.
  • Title: Shooting. Plate Ist [graphic] : engraved after an original picture in the possession of Mr. Bradford / Geo. Stubbs pinxt. ; Wm. Woollett sculpt.
  • Publication: [London] : [Published] by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs, 1st Augt. 1769.

Catalog record

770.08.01.01++

Acquired November 2019

London sportsmen shooting flying

Detailed description below

Two ‘cits’ are shown out for a day’s sport in the countryside. One is rather thin and fashionably dressed, while the other is an older, fat John Bull type. The younger man leaps a low fence, firing his rifle at a flight of birds, his clipped poodle leaping beside him. His fat companion stands on the far side of a ow stile, gun in hand, an eager bulldog at his side; he tries to catch his hat which his friend has knocked off.

  • Title: London sportsmen shooting flying [graphic].
  • Publication: [Alnwick] : Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick, [between 1812 and 1817]

Catalog Record 

812.00.00.96

Acquired February 2019

A West India sportsman

lwlpr31757 (800x543)

A satire on the decadence of Englishmen in West Indies, published shortly after the successful passage of Wilberforce’s bill to abolish slavery.

  • PrintmakerF., J., printmaker.
  • TitleA West India sportsman : [graphic] / : Make haste with the Sangaree, Quashie, and tell Quaco to drive the birds up to me . I’m ready / J.F. [monogram].
  • Published[London : Published Novr. 1, 1807 by William Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street, London, 1 November 1807]

Catalog Record & Digital Image

807.11.01.01

Acquired June 2014