London sportsmen recharging

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Print shows one of two huntsmen negligently using a ramrod. A barnyard rooster hangs from his waist. His companion leans against a fence, voraciously gnawing a cold chicken, a bottle of ‘Porter’ in front of him. Near him lies a dead cat. The men are accompanied by two dogs.

 

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

Catalog Record

812.00.00.127

Acquired August 2022

London sportsmen finding a hare

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A satire on London hunters: A hare crouching in long grass beside an old tree at left while a young man runs forward dragging his gun, and holding out his hat to throw it over the animal. Two dogs follow behind him and a second man squats down with his gun to watch.

 

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

Catalog Record

812.00.00.128

Acquired August 2022

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 RecordĀ 

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