Print made by Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774, Britishafter James Seymour, 1702–1752, BritishPublished by Laurie & Whittle, 1755?–1836, British
Title:
The Death of the Fox
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, smooth, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 15 9/16 inches (27.9 x 39.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "Not lot | lot 81 | Sold (?Soth) Jan 24, 98 | Cat in Y[...]"; lower center: "#9"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.842
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
fox hunting | hankerchief | dogs (animals) | resting | fox (animal) | horses (animals) | hunters | equestrians | hunting | death | forest | pond | horn | costume | top hats | whips | landscape | sporting art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
Publications:
Stephen Deuchar, Noble exercise : the sporting ideal in eighteenth-century British art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1982, p. 44, no. 40, ND1388 G7 D48+ (YCBA)