One of the Right Sort, Who Hunts Because He Likes It (Primary Title)

After, Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)

ca. 1820
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored aquatint with touches of etching on wove paper
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark.): 10 5/8 × 12 15/16 in. (26.99 × 32.86 cm)
Image: 9 3/16 × 11 5/8 in. (23.34 × 29.53 cm)
85.1263.1
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: ONE OF THE RIGHT SORT, / Who hunts because he likes it. / "Confound this Snow I shall never get a light; but the worst of it is, it will put a stop to hunting / for a few days at least." Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "505" (in circle) and "HRH 8 / 32"; in center: "1" (underlined).
Paul Mellon Collection
Catching Sight: The World of British Sporting Print, VMFA, August 31, 2013 - July 13, 2014
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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