Hunting Incidents - Going to Cover (Hold Hard!) - Hand-Coloured Antique Sporting Print




Description


A fine hand-coloured engraved sporting print titled "Going to Cover (Hold Hard!)" from the "Hunting Incidents" series. This is a period piece capturing the quintessential English fox hunting tradition with remarkable detail and period authenticity.






Technical Details


The composition depicts five mounted hunters in vibrant orange hunting coats, positioned across an expansive English countryside landscape. The scene captures the moment before the hunt commences, with hunters controlling their horses whilst a pack of hunting hounds mills about their feet. The background features a distant church spire, scattered woodland, and open moorland rendered in soft watercolour tones.




The engraving technique is evident in the fine line work defining the horses' musculature, the detailed rendering of the hounds' individual poses, and the careful cross-hatching in the landscape. Hand-colouring has been applied with period accuracy, using ochres, greens, and earth tones for the landscape, with particular attention to the brilliant orange of the hunting coats—a signature element of English fox hunting dress.




Specifications


Print size (image area): Approximately 210 x 330 mm

Frame dimensions (framed example): Approximately 410 x 515 mm

Medium: Hand-coloured engraving on paper

Origin: English sporting print, 19th century

Series: Hunting Incidents

Location of item: 69 Manchester Road, Carrara, QLD, Australia

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