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AFTER F.C. TURNER ‘BACHELOR’S HALL’ PLATE 3

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

AFTER FRANCIS CALCRAFT TURNER (BRITISH, C. 1782�1846), ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES HUNT (1803�1877) ANTIQUE HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT WITH ETCHING ON PAPER, PLATE 3 FROM THE SIX-PART SUITE "BACHELOR'S HALL", CIRCA 1835�1837 PROVENANCE:ACQUIRED FROM FRANKLIN AND HARE LTD., TAUNTON, SOMERSET 10.5 X 13.75 IN PLATE 15.37\5 X 19.625 IN FRAMED "BACHELOR'S HALL" COMPRISES A SCARCE SUITE OF SIX…

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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AFTER FRANCIS CALCRAFT TURNER (BRITISH, C. 1782�1846), ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES HUNT (1803�1877)
ANTIQUE HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT WITH ETCHING ON PAPER, PLATE 3 FROM THE SIX-PART SUITE "BACHELOR'S HALL", CIRCA 1835�1837
PROVENANCE:ACQUIRED FROM FRANKLIN AND HARE LTD., TAUNTON, SOMERSET
10.5 X 13.75 IN PLATE
15.37\5 X 19.625 IN FRAMED
"BACHELOR'S HALL" COMPRISES A SCARCE SUITE OF SIX ENGLISH FOX HUNTING AQUATINTS CONCEIVED BY NOTED EQUESTRIAN PAINTER FRANCIS CALCRAFT TURNER (C. 1782�1846) FOLLOWING HIS ORIGINAL 1835�1836 CANVASES, AND TRADITIONALLY ATTRIBUTED TO PRINTMAKER CHARLES HUNT. INSPIRED BY CHARLES DIBDIN'S CLASSIC SPORTING BALLAD, THIS THIRD PLATE DRAMATICALLY DEPICTS THE WORKING HOUNDS�INDIVIDUALLY CELEBRATED IN THE LOWER POETIC LINES�HOT ON THE SCENT THROUGH WATER HAZARDS AND PASTURES, HIGHLIGHTED BY RICH PERIOD HAND-APPLIED WATERCOLOUR.