THE DEATH OF THE FOX

Date1752-1764

Publisher John Bowles and Son fl. 1754 - ca. 1764

MediumLine and etching on laid paper with hand coloring

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1968-789,4

DescriptionLower margin: "THE DEATH OF THE FOX. / LA MORT DU BENARD. / Printed for John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhil."
Upper right corner: "4"Label TextFourth in the series of four prints depicting fox hunting scenes; riders and dogs surrounded a dismounted man holding the dead fox. For rest of set see: 1968-789,1-4.ProvenanceBefore 1968, J. A. Lloyd Hyde [d. 1981] (New York, NY); 1968-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).