Sir Mark Masterman Sykes's Hounds with Huntsmen (Primary Title)
SIr Mark Masterman Sykes' Hounds (with Huntmen) (Former Title)
Henry Bernard Chalon, English, 1770 - 1849 (Artist)
Inscriptions on the frame identify all the participants in this lively but orderly hunting scene. The patron, Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, was such an avid sportsman that he apparently had a standing arrangement with Digby Legard, the manager of hounds, to be ready for a hunt at a moment’s notice. Sir Mark was also a noted man of culture and a famous bibliophile (his prize was one of the first printed editions of Livy, published in Rome in 1469).
signed bottom center, left: "H.B. Chalon pinx:it 1820"
Paul Mellon Collection
2018: "Country Life: Masterpieces from the Mellon Collection of MVFA", Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, France, September 4 - December 2, 2018
2018-2019: "A Sporting Vision: The Paul Mellon Collection of British Sporting Art from the VMFA", National Sporting Museum & Library, Middleburg, VA, April 13 - July 22, 2018; Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN, February 2 - May 5, 2019; Frick Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, June 15 - September 8, 2019
2018-2019: "A Sporting Vision: The Paul Mellon Collection of British Sporting Art from the VMFA", National Sporting Museum & Library, Middleburg, VA, April 13 - July 22, 2018; Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN, February 2 - May 5, 2019; Frick Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, June 15 - September 8, 2019
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