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Samuel Howitt, large framed print of woodcock hunting 1807 - $135 (los angeles)
condition:
good
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Note: hard to photograph ... shadows on the image are from reflections
Hand-colored aquatint, Woodcock Shooting - La Chasse Aux Bécasses (after William Samuel Howitt; James Godby (1790-1815)
A woodland scene with a central male figure aiming a gun at a bird to the left. Wearing top hat, red jacket, boots and satchel. Three dogs running around a pond in the foreground. Bare trees to the right, long grasses and bracken in the foreground.
Inscribed 'WOODCOCK SHOOTING LA CHASSE AUX BECASSES'.
Marks and inscriptions:
[left under image] “Sam [.l] Howitt del.”
[center under image] “Edw[.d] Orme excudit”
[in circle] “No. 10” [plate no. 10 of Orme's Collection of British Field Sports (20 or 22 colored plates, 1807)]
“Published and Sold Sept[.r] 1[.st] 1807. by Edw[.d] Orme. Printseller to the King, Engraver and Publisher, Bond street, the corner of Brook Street, London.” [printed centrally underneath title]
[right under image] “J. Godby and H. Merke sculpt.”
Framed behind glass in early twentieth century frame in decent condition, some scratches etc.; but ready to hang. The print has slipped a little from the mount, but an easy fix.
From a noted LA-area collection [will provide details].