Men seated around a punch bowl, with a hunter offering a toast

Engraver (?) Thomas Bewick British

Possibly after Thomas Rowlandson British

1790–1828

Not on view

A young man dressed in hunting attire and holding a whip, sits on a table and holds up a glass. There is a punch bowl behind him and five other men gathered around the table, with one other at right also dressed as a hunter. Three fox hounds on the floor and prints of riders and hounds on the wall behind.

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Title: Men seated around a punch bowl, with a hunter offering a toast
Engraver: (?) Thomas Bewick (British, Eltringham, Northumberland 1753–1828 Gateshead)
Artist: Possibly after Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Date: 1790–1828
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 7/16 × 3 13/16 in. (6.2 × 9.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.533.147
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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