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James Gillray
1756-1815
Hounds in full cry / B. [compass pointing to the north] Esqr. delt. ; Js. Gy. fect.
London : Publish'd April 8th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, [1800]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 247 x 348 mm; trimmed sheet: 255 x 356 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.310
Notes
By James Gillray after Brownlow North, signed with the artist's first initial and device (a compass pointing north) at lower left.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a rider leaning back in the saddle tugging hard at his rein; he is riding over the hounds while behind him a second huntsman gallops up, shouting at the man and the hounds.
Associated names
North, Brownlow, 1741-1820, designer.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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