AFTER F.C. TURNER 'BACHELOR'S HALL' PLATE 5

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AFTER FRANCIS CALCRAFT TURNER (BRITISH, C. 1782�1846), ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES HUNT (1803�1877) ANTIQUE HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT WITH ETCHING ON PAPER, PLATE 5 FROM THE SIX-PART SUITE "BACHELOR'S HALL", CIRCA 1835�1837 PROVENANCE:ACQUIRED FROM FRANKLIN AND HARE LTD., TAUNTON, SOMERSET 10.5 X 13.75 IN PLATE 15.37\5 X 19.625 IN FRAMED "BACHELOR'S HALL" REPRESENTS AN OUTSTANDING HISTORIC HUNTING SERIES CONCEIVED BY NOTED EQUINE PAINTER FRANCIS CALCRAFT TURNER (C. 1782�1846) AND SKILFULLY EXECUTED IN AQUATINT ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES HUNT. ACCOMPANIED BY CHARLES DIBDIN'S ICONIC SPORTING LYRICS, THIS FIFTH PLATE CAPTURES THE TRIUMPHANT APEX OF THE CHASE-THE MOMENT OF "THE DEATH"-WHERE THE WHIPPER-IN HOLDS UP THE QUARRY TO THE BAYING PACK WHILE THE SQUIRE RAISES HIS HAT IN JUBILANT CHEER, DISTINGUISHED BY VIVID HAND-APPLIED WATERCOLOUR DETAILING ON HUNT COATS AND ANIMALS.

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