The Fox Hunter. No. 1.

PrinterPrinted by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Ensign, Thayer & Co. American, 1850 - 1852

Date1852-1853

MediumLithography; printers ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/8 x 12 1/4in. (20.6 x 31.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 15/16 x 14in. (25.2 x 35.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Newton C. Brainard

DescriptionA man on horseback holds a riding crop in his right hand and the reins in his left hand. He wears a cap, a double-breasted coat, breeches, and boots. The horse, which has a bridle, English saddle, and plaid saddle blanket, is leaping over a stream lined with grass or reeds, plants, and bushes. A fence and a tree are at the far left. Two fox hounds chase a fox across an open field in the right background.

Object number1965.93.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title and poem beneath image, "THE FOX HUNTER. / NO. 1". "Harkforward! Harkforward! the bold hunter cries, / At the known, cheering sound his gallant steed flies, / And clearing the banks of a low winding rill, / The breeze wafts the voices of hunters less shrill. / A five hour chase yet thou art fresh my brave mare / The Fox is run down, but no Huntsman is there, / Now put forth thy strength! tis a fifty to nine, / We're first at the Death, and the Brush it is mine." Inscribed in pencil, lower right, "Drawer 16 #1a" "ABC 132 / 20".

On verso, inscribed in pencil: lower right, "Dwr 16" "69863" "consv CPC 1987" "ABC/132"; upper left, accession number.

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