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AFTER F.C. TURNER ‘BACHELOR’S HALL’ PLATE 4

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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 4 FROM THE SIX-PART SUITE "BACHELOR'S HALL", CIRCA 1835�1837 VERSO BEARS AN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE FOR "YE HONITON LACE SHOPPE" (HONITON, DEVON) WITH A HONITON LACE HANDKERCHIEF INSIDE PROVENANCE:ACQUIRED FROM FRANKLIN AND HARE LTD., TAUNTON, SOMERSET…

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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 4 FROM THE SIX-PART SUITE "BACHELOR'S HALL", CIRCA 1835�1837
VERSO BEARS AN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE FOR "YE HONITON LACE SHOPPE" (HONITON, DEVON) WITH A HONITON LACE HANDKERCHIEF INSIDE
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 PROMINENT SPORTING PAINTER FRANCIS CALCRAFT TURNER (C. 1782�1846) FOLLOWING HIS NOTED EXHIBITION OILS. ATTRIBUTED IN ENGRAVING TO CHARLES HUNT AND COMPLEMENTED BY VERSES FROM POPULAR COMPOSER CHARLES DIBDIN, THIS FOURTH PLATE CAPTURES THE EXHILARATING MOMENT THE FOX BREAKS COVER ("FOR THE FOX IS IN VIEW"), FEATURING MASTERFUL RENDERING OF THOROUGHBREDS AND WORKING HOUNDS UNDER FINELY APPLIED PERIOD HAND WATERCOLOURING.