Samuel Howitt - Hunting a Panther, Foreign Field Sports - Folio Hand-colored Aquatint (1813)
"Hunting a Panther" is a hand-colored aquatint after Samuel Howitt from Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, published in London by Edward Orme in 1813. It shows hunters and a pack of hounds cornering a spotted panther in a rugged landscape under a wide sky.
Edward Orme's Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, published in London in 1813-1814, showed in hand-colored aquatints the hunting, trapping and fishing of Russia, Asia, Africa and the Americas, and is one of the best-known English color-plate books on sport.
Samuel Howitt (c. 1756-1822) was an English painter, etcher and illustrator of animal and sporting subjects, who drew most of the plates of Foreign Field Sports and of Oriental Field Sports.
Artist or Maker: Samuel Howitt
Dimensions: Approximately 32 cm x 23 cm (12.6 in x 9.1 in).
Format: Folio
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint
Date: 1813
SKU: CTW1DC
Condition
This work is in good condition overall. There may be a few minor imperfections or fox or mottled marks to be expected with age. Please review the images carefully for condition details, and feel free to contact us with any questions or for a comprehensive condition report.
"Hunting a Panther" is a hand-colored aquatint after Samuel Howitt from Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, published in London by Edward Orme in 1813. It shows hunters and a pack of hounds cornering a spotted panther in a rugged landscape under a wide sky.
Edward Orme's Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, published in London in 1813-1814, showed in hand-colored aquatints the hunting, trapping and fishing of Russia, Asia, Africa and the Americas, and is one of the best-known English color-plate books on sport.
Samuel Howitt (c. 1756-1822) was an English painter, etcher and illustrator of animal and sporting subjects, who drew most of the plates of Foreign Field Sports and of Oriental Field Sports.
Artist or Maker: Samuel Howitt
Dimensions: Approximately 32 cm x 23 cm (12.6 in x 9.1 in).
Format: Folio
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint
Date: 1813
SKU: CTW1DC
Condition
This work is in good condition overall. There may be a few minor imperfections or fox or mottled marks to be expected with age. Please review the images carefully for condition details, and feel free to contact us with any questions or for a comprehensive condition report.
