Description
Hound in a Field
by Reuben Ward Binks
Print from an engraving
Paper Size: 14 x 18 ins / 35 x 44 cm
Image Size: 10 x 12 ins / 23 x 30 cm
The breeds illustrated are examples of how dogs have been bred to meet the specific needs of sportsmen. Foxhounds are a result of many generations of cross-breeding involving the Northern Beagle, the Southern Hound and the Staghound. Binks seems to be endowing the animals with human social habits, much as his eminent forerunner Edwin Landseer frequently did
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