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The hunt

Maker

(artist)
1757-1827

Title

The hunt

Date of Production

(circa) 1790

Medium

traces of graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour on wove paper; an area of damage in the sky at upper left has been retouched with blue watercolour

Dimensions

Height: 25.9 cm
Width: 33.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1967.WS.77

Mode of Acquisition

William Wycliffe Spooner, bequest, 1967

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

In eighteenth-century England, as wild boar became extinct and stags were confined to remote areas or gentlemen's parks, fox hunting developed as a major sport. A whole genre of pictures grew up concentrating on the excitement of the chase, and also often on issues of social status. In Rowlandson's lively caricature an elegant lady in a feathered hat sails over a gate on her grey mount, while two humble riders follow in her wake. Note the archaic 'rocking horse' stance - the common method of depicting horses at this time.

Notes

Hayes 1972 dated the drawing c. 1790, and the woman's broad-brimmed hat and feather and loose hairstyle are consistent with this date.

Provenance

William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967); Spooner Bequest 1967

Exhibition History

British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006

Captured on Paper, Animals in the Prints and Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2002-11/08/2002

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974 ...More

English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, 11/05/1973-02/06/1973

Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner
Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968

Early English watercolours, City Art Gallery, Leeds, 08/10/1958-23/11/1958 ...Less

Literature

The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 32
ill. on p. 137

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
cat. no. 11

English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 43
titled 'The Chase' ...More

Hayes, John, Rowlandson: Watercolours and Drawings, London, 1972
pp. 43-44
fig 40 on p. 44

Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969
cat. no. 56

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 39

Early English watercolours, City Art Gallery, Leeds, 1958
cat. no. 43 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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