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Publication Date: 1852
Seller: Sulis Fine Art, Corsham, United Kingdom
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Condition: used. Depicting a partridge hunting scene with two gentlemen and their dogs. After the original painting by Richard Ansdell. Inscribed within the plate lines: 'Richard Ansdell - London, Published by Owen Bailey, 4 Arlington Street, Mornington Crescent - David George Thompson. Partridge. From the original pictures in the profession of J. B. Neilson Esq. Liverpool.' Well presented in a wooden frame with a gilt slip. On wove. Size: Large (30-60cm) Framed: Yes Style: Realism.
Published by Owen Bailey, London, 1852
Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Engraving, coloured by hand, by W.J. Davey (lower margin shaved with loss to title). A fine image of shooting on the moors: a keeper calls back a pointer and a retreiver who are approaching a wounded Blackcock. One from a series of six prints after Ansdell, all dealing with the shooting of various types of game, and all from original pictures owned by J.B. Neilson. Richard Ansdell was born in Liverpool "He was educated at the Bluecoat school, Liverpool, and, although attracted by art in youth, did not devote himself to it with a view to making it his profession till he was twenty-one. While in Liverpool he studied animal life in the country-side. His first appearance in London was in 1840, when two of his pictures, Grouse Shooting and Galloway Farm, were exhibited at the Royal Academy. There followed in 1842 an important historical picture, The Death of Sir William Lambton. His paintings from this time forward were very numerous. His success made it possible for him to travel, and between 1857 and 1860 his subjects were found in Spain. His earlier paintings show traces of Landseer's influence, and there are works of that period produced by Ansdell and Creswick together, the latter supplying the landscape, in which he excelled. His other collaborators were Mr. W. P. Frith, with whom he painted The Keeper's Daughter, and John Phillip, who helped with the Spanish pictures. Ansdell was honoured no less than three times with the Heywood medal, a gift awarded to the best pictures shown at the exhibitions in Manchester. In 1855 he received a gold medal at the Great Exhibition in Paris, the pictures which won it being The Wolf Slayer and Taming the Drove. He was elected A.R.A. in 1861, and R.A. in 1870. He exhibited in London galleries, mostly at the Royal Academy, as many as 181 works." (DNB). Mellon British Sporting and Animal Prints p.42.
Published by Thomas Agnew & Messrs. Ackermann, Manchester & London, 1842
Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Engraved on heavy wove paper, sheet: 24 3/4 x 43 1/4 inches with publisher's blind stamp. A grand group portrait of an aristocratic coursing party near Liverpool. The event was known as the Waterloo Cup Coursing Meeting, and it took place on the Sefton Estate at Altcar near Liverpool. Depicted among the participants are the Earl and Countess of Sefton, Lord Douglas and Lord Eglinton. A reviewer commented on the fine drawing of the greyhounds, and in fact the whole ensemble of sportsmen and women, horses and dogs are beautifully rendered by Ansdell. Richard Ansdell (1815-1885) was a native of Liverpool. He established himself as one of the best painters of country life and sport and soon had a national reputation. This led him to move to London in 1847 where he enjoyed continued success adding portraiture to his repertoire. Samuel William Reynolds, Jr. (1794-1872) was the son of and successor to S. W. Reynolds. They were both engravers of the highest order.