The Coming at the Death
Date1770
Publisher
John Boydell
(English, 1719 - 1804)
Geography
Published -
England
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; engraving
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 20 1/16 in. × 16 1/4 in. (51 cm × 41.28 cm)
Plate (H x W): 17 3/4 in. × 15 3/4 in. (45.09 cm × 40.01 cm)
Image (H x W): 17 3/4 in. × 14 in. (45.09 cm × 35.56 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1936
Object numberM-93/GG-5
DescriptionThis is a hunting image of the horses and dog in the forest tracking the scent of a fox. In this print, the focus is a light-colored dappled horse. There is an attendant holding the reins of this horse, and a young boy plays with some of the hounds in the lower-right foreground. The background is a dense forest. This seems to be a moment of pause or near end of the hunt, which the French title, "Halt de Chasse" captures more aptly. MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image in the left corner: "J. Wooton Pinseil".
Printed in ink below the image in the right corner: "G. Canot Sculpsit.".
Printed in ink below the image, centered: "Coming at the Death.", "I", "Halt de Chasse." / Sold by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London, 1770.".
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1770
1770
c. 1876
c. 1914