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A Hunting Piece (La Sortie des Chasseurs au Matin: Going Out in the Morning)

After John Wootton British
Engraver George Bickham, Jr. British
Publisher Henry Overton I British
after 1715
Not on view
Hunters and grooms prepare to set out on horseback, perhaps to course for hares. Surrounded by waiting hounds, Sir Robert Walpole appears at center seated on his white horse Chevalier. The present location of the related painting is unknown. Wootton painted a series of subjects for "The Hunting Hall" at Houghton, as well as for other great houses such as Longleat.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Hunting Piece (La Sortie des Chasseurs au Matin: Going Out in the Morning)
  • Artist: After John Wootton (British, Snitterfield, Warwickshire 1681/82–1764 London)
  • Engraver: George Bickham, Jr. (British, London ca. 1704–1771 Richmond, Surrey)
  • Publisher: Henry Overton I (British, 1676–1751)
  • Date: after 1715
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: sheet: 18 1/4 x 28 15/16 in. (46.3 x 73.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.62.25r
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Aedes Walpolianae, or a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Seat of the Right Honorable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford (Interleaved with Drawings by Isaac Ware for: The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Chimney Pieces, and Celings of Houghton Hall in Norfolk...1735) ["The Walpole Album"], Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford British, Etching, engraving, pen and ink, brush and wash, watercolor
Aedes Walpolianae, or a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Seat of the Right Honorable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford (Interleaved with Drawings by Isaac Ware for: The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Chimney Pieces, and Celings of Houghton Hall in Norfolk...1735) ["The Walpole Album"]
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