Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Sports & Sportsmen - Mounted Hunting
Sports & Sportsmen - Mounted Hunting
Mounted Hunting
Hare Hunting
by Jan Wyck, Dutch, active in Britain (from about 1664) c. 1690
(Yale Center for British Art)
Viscount Weymouth's Hunt: The Hon. John Spencer beside a Hunter held by a Young Boy
by John Wootton c. 1733 - 1736
(Tate)
Viscount Weymouth's Hunt: Thomas, 2nd Viscount Weymouth, with a Black Page and other Huntsmen
by John Wootton c. 1733 - 1736
(Tate)
Viscount Weymouth's Hunt: A Groom holding a Saddled Grey Hunter with Hounds and Terriers
by John Wootton c. 1733 - 1736
(Tate)
Viscount Weymouth's Hunt: Mr Jackson, the Hon. Henry Villiers and the Hon. Thomas Villiers,
by John Wootton c. 1733 - 1736
(Tate)
A Fox Hunt
by John Wootton 1735
(Yale Center for British Art)
George Henry Lee, 3rd Earl of Litchfield, and his Uncle the Hon. Robert Lee
by John Wootton c. 1744
(Tate)
RIDING HABITS
Rievaulx Abbey
by John Wootton c. 1745
(Yale Center for British Art)
The Meet
by John Wootton
(Yale Center for British Art)
A Stag Hunt
by John Wootton
(Yale Center for British Art)
View from Richmond Hill, near the 'Star and Garter' tavern; view looking SW over Petersham Meadows and Ham Walks,
with the Thames in the distance, Southgate House and Montpellier Row
by John Wootton 1750
(The British Museum)
Mounted Hunter
by Thomas Burford 1752
THE DEATH
byThomas Burford after James Seymour, London, 16th September, 1764
(Michael Finney Antique Prints)
Going to Cover
by Thomas Burford after James Seymour 1754
(The British Museum)
Two of His Majestys Hunstmen with the Stag Hounds looking for the Slott of the Deer on Winsor Forrest
Published by John Bowles, by Richard Houston after James Seymour c. 1750 - 1765
(The British Museum)
Ironsides a famous Hunter belonging to the Earl of Halifax, with his Lordship setting out for a Chace
Published by John Bowles, by Richard Houston after James Seymour c. 1736 - 1775
(The British Museum)
TWO HUNTERS.
by J. Boydell after J. Wootton 1770
(The British Museum)
A HUNTING PIECE
by John Boydell after John Wootton 1778
(The British Museum)
John Corbet, Sir Robert Leighton and John Kynaston with their Horses and Hounds
by Francis Sartorius c. 1779
(Yale Center for British Art)
Sir Thomas Gascoigne and Sir Walter Vavasour with a Priest and Servants
c. 1785
(Leeds Museum & Galleries)
Hunting Horns
Miscellaneous
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