THE CHASE AFTER A HOG

This plate is from the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence’ (Schwerdt), Oriental Field Sports is a valuable record of the sporting activities of British officers serving in India in the early nineteenth century. Captain Williamson was an extremely talented amateur artist who had built up a fine collection of sketches suitable for turning into aquatint. He teamed up with Howett – a notable sportsman as well as an industrious engraver of animals to produce this magnificent work, widely considered to contain the finest images of field sports of the Orient. By their very nature aquatint books were always very expensive, but the British public had a great curiosity about India, and Williamson’s work helped satisfy this desire to know more about the customs of Britain’s new addition to its empire.

SIZE –14 x 19 in.

MEDIUM- Aquatint (Mounted for Protection)

YEAR-1808

EXPORTABLE-No

SHIPPING-Free shipping for all orders within India

CODENO- TSH5