Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Davis, Richard Barrett, 1782-1854
Title:
Hunter's annual.
Published / Created:
London : Published by R.B. Davis, 10 Wilton St., Grosvenor Place, 1836-1841.
Physical Description:
4 pt. : col. ill. ; 63 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2011 23 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2011 23 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Lithographs printed by J. Graf.

Title and imprint from printed wrappers.

Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p. 63-65

Siltzer, F. Story of British sporting prints (2nd ed), 107

Schwerdt, C.F.G.R. Hunting, hawking, shooting, I, p. 258-259

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, A26

BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is complete. Unbound. Includes the original printed wrappers for part no. 4. Provenance: Duke of Gloucester.

BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is incomplete: lacks part no. 4. Includes an incomplete extra copy of part no. 2, comprised of the wrapper, the key plate, and text leaf. All parts in publisher's original printed red wrappers.

Each part in the first series (parts 1-3) comprises one or two leaves of letterpress and four hand-colored prints of fox-hunting scenes lithographed by John West Giles, after Richard Barrett Davis. The second series (part 4) is comprised of aquatint engravings by J. Harris and H. Guest, after Richard Barrett Davis.
Subject Terms:
Horses in art. | Fox hunting -- Great Britain. | Horsemanship -- Great Britain. | Gloucester, Duke of -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1836-1841. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1836-1841.
Contributors:
Giles, John West, lithographer. | Guest, H., engraver. | Harris, John, 1811–1865, engraver. | Graf, J., printer of plates. | Davis, Richard Barrett, 1782–1854, publisher.