Description
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by F. C. Turner
Print from an Engraving
Paper Size: 30 x 26 ins / 75 x 65 cm
Image Size: 25 x 21 ins / 61 x 52 cm
Published by William Spooner, 377 Strand, on 10th November 1840. Battue shooting entails beaters driving the birds from cover to a point where sportsmen are stationed to shoot them. This print is interesting not only as an historical record of sporting activity but also from a compositional point of view: it is highly decorative and the flat, patterned effect is almost like that of an Oriental carpet or a Chinese landscape painting
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