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Description: From a series of total 6 hunting plates, titled 'Bachelor's Hall', a humorous portrayal of bachelor fox hunters.
Artists and Engravers: Engraved by an unknown engraver (possible George Hunt) after F.C. Turner. Francis Calcroft Turner (c. 1782-1846) was a British painter of mainly sporting and equestrian subjects.
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Subject: Original antique print, titled: 'Bachelor's Hall, plate 1', ('To Bachelor's Hall we good fellow invite'), showing several men (and one woman) in hunting livery on horseback, exiting a courtyard, ready to go hunting. Also features a pack of hunting dogs.
Condition: Very good, given age. Stain in left top margin, not affecting image. Small stains in the margins. General age-related toning and occasional light stains from handling. Please study image carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 46.7 x 37.4 cm. The image size is ca. 35.7 x 26.5 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 18.4 x 14.7 inch. The image size is ca. 14.1 x 10.4 inch.
Medium: Handcoloured aquatint engraving with etched linework on wove (velin) paper.
Location: B12-41
SKU: TPC 43681.1
Section: TURNER-1820
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