And 'neath Some Aged Oak's Umbrageous Shade (Primary Title)
Gamekeepers Refreshing (Series Title)
After, Samuel John Egbert Jones, English, active 1820 - 1855 (Artist)
Henry Pyall, English, 1795 - 1833 (Engraver)
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by S.J.E.Jones. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by H. Pyall. Printed beneath image in center: London, Published 1829, by J. MOORE, West Street, St.Martin's Lane./ Gamekeepers Refreshing / To the Admirers of Field Sports this Print is most respectfully dedicated, / By their obliged Servant, J.MOORE. Printed to the left of title: Though simple Nature's joys, they ever last, / In glowing Noon, how welcome the repast / From Sporting snatch'd, when, stor'd with feather'd spoil, / The Gamekeepers refresh themselves from toil. Printed to the right of title: And, 'neath some aged Oaks umbrageous shade, Taste the plain fare, by hunger sweeter made: / To Appetite, still Exercise gives zest / The meal we earn we ever relish best./ W.T.Moncrieff. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH v. 6 p. 9" and "54"
Paul Mellon Collection
Catching Sight: The World of British Sporting Print, VMFA, August 31, 2013 - July 13, 2014
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