Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822
Title:
Orme's collection of British field sports / illustrated in twenty beautifully coloured engravings from designs by S. Howitt.
Alternate Title(s):
Collection of British field sports
Published / Created:
[London] : Published Jany. 1, 1807 by Edwd. Orme, 59, Bond Street, the corner of Brook Street, London, [1807-1808]
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, 20 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 47 x 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatints by James Godby, Henri Merke, William Marshall Craig, J. Clark, Thomas Vivares, and John Swain; after Samuel Howitt.
Contents:
Shooters going out in a morning -- Horse racing -- Fox hunting -- Fox hunting, 2nd -- Stag hunting, 1 -- Stag hunting, 2 -- Hare hunting, 1 -- Hare hunting, 2 -- Coursing, 1 -- Woodcock shooting -- Pheasant shooting, 1 -- Pheasant shooting, 2 -- Partridge shooting, 1 -- Partridge shooting, II -- Grouse shooting -- Snipe shooting -- Rabbit shooting -- Duck shooting -- Hare shooting -- Fox hunting.
Subject Terms:
Sporting prints. | Sports -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Sports in art. | Hunting in art. | Orme, Edward, 1775-1848, -- Publisher
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1807.
Contributors:
Clark, J., 1789-1830, engraver. | Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764-1829, engraver. | Godby, J. (James), active 1798-1812, engraver. | Merke, Henri, engraver. | Swaine, John, 1775-1860, engraver. | VivareĢ€s, Thomas, approximately 1735-approximately 1810, engraver. | Orme, Edward, 1775-1848, publisher.