The Sportsman's Visit (Primary Title)

E. F. Lambert, English, active 1790 - 1846 (Artist)

1829
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Color-printed and hand-colored aquatint with touches of etching and stipple engraving on wove paper
Sheet (trimmed inside platemark): 15 13/16 × 18 7/16 in. (40.16 × 46.83 cm)
Image: 13 13/16 × 17 5/16 in. (35.08 × 43.97 cm)
Other (matted): 19 × 25 in. (48.26 × 63.5 cm)
85.1356
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by E.F. Lambert. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by G.& C.Hunt. Printed beneath image in center: London, Published 1829, by J.MOORE, West Street, St. Martin's Lane./ THE / Sportsman's Visit./ To the Admirers of Field Sports, this Print is most respectfully dedicated. / By their obliged Servant. J.MOORE. Printed beneath image on left: The Game secured the Sportsman's end is gain'd, / Each toil and care, with joy, he has sustain'd, / To win her cheering smiles, that Buxom Lass, / Whose roadside House he never fails to pass; --. Printed beneath image on right: The rustic Lout, awake, with jealous eye / The Gallant Stranger sees, and breathes a sigh, / In vain! the Bird received, ensnared for life, / The Damsel yields, the Sportsman's willing Wife. / W.T. Moncrieff. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH. v. 6. p. 10." and "52" (?).
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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