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Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Mar 25, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 542

Eight British Hunting and Sporting Prints

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(19th/20th century)

Six hand colored aquatints after W.J. Shayer, 1876, engraved by E.G. Hester, Published by Arthur Ackermann, 191 Regent Street, London, October 1st, 1877, likely restrikes, including A Flying Leap, plate, 16-7/8 x 15-7/8 in.; Here Come the Hounds, plate, 16-7/8 x 15-7/8 in.; Gone Away, plate, 17-1/8 x 15-7/8 in.; Drawn Blank, 16-7/8 x 15-7/8 in.; Run to Earth, 16-7/8 x 15-7/8 in.; The Return Home, 17 x 16 in.; matching gilt wood frames, 24-7/8 x 23-3/8 in.; and a pair of hand colored engravings from the series McQueen's Huntings, J.N. Sturgess, England c. 1875, including Now They?re Off, plate, 18-1/8 x 23-1/4 in.; Restive At The Post, plate, 18-1/8 x 23-1/4 in.; Now They?re Off, plate, 18-1/8 x 23-1/4 in.; reverse ogee maple veneer frames, 23-3/4 x 28-7/8 in.

Provenance: The Important Private Collection of a Rocky Mountain Couple

Condition

not examined out of frames, generally good condition; frames with abrasions

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