Fox hunting, plate 1--. The meet at Cover / drawn by Henry Alken ; engraved by Eugene Tily. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures Fox hunting, plate 1--. The meet at Cover / drawn by Henry Alken ; engraved by Eugene Tily. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Fox hunting, plate 1--. The meet at Cover / drawn by Henry Alken ; engraved by Eugene Tily.
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The scene is set at the meet, the gathering point where riders, horses and hounds assemble before the chase, with the cover, the thicket or woodland where a fox might be found, as the goal. The design is by Henry Alken, the English sporting artist who recorded the hunting field in the early nineteenth century. Eugene Tily engraved this version, and the Bristol firm of Frost & Reed published it around 1931, which suggests a later edition of Alken's design. Alken drew horses and hounds with close attention to their build and to the ceremony of the hunt.
| Created / published | Bristol : published by Frost & Reed, c1931. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | K13805 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frost & Reed, Ltd., Bristol, England. |
| Subjects | Fox hunting--England--1930-1940. Dogs--England--1930-1940. Horses--England--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,745 × 3,816 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219564 |
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