The FEMALE FOX HUNTER.

Dateca. 1770

After work by John Collet (1725?-1780)

Publisher Samuel Carver 1756 - 1841

Maker Henry Carington Bowles 1763 - 1830

Maker Bowles & Carver fl. 1793 - 1832

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color

DimensionsOH: 13 1/4" x OW: 9 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1962-285

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The FEMALE FOX HUNTER./ From the Original Picture by John Collet in the possession of Carington Bowles."Label TextA young lady in a blue hunting habit is urging her horse to clear a five-barred gate; dogs follow her. A gentleman has fallen from his saddle in the background, while another lady and man ride on.

The following information has been trimmed from Colonial Williamsburg's copy, but can be found on the British Museum's copy: "Printed for and Sold by Bowles and Carver, at their Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs"ProvenanceBefore 1962, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1962-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).