Huntsman Collection (page 3)

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: elk-shooting in the Forest of Högtorp…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: elk-shooting in the Forest of Hogtorp - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The future King Edward VII in Scandinavia

East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept. Creator: Arnold Genthe
East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept

East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept. Creator: Arnold Genthe
East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept

East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept. Creator: Arnold Genthe
East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept

East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept. Creator: Arnold Genthe
East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1858. Creators: James Henry Lynch, Richard James Lane
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1858. Portrait of the future King Edward VII. The very natural desire to know something of the personal appearance of a Prince to whom such interest attaches

Sporting Scenes in Canada - Wild Turkey Shooting, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sporting Scenes in Canada - Wild Turkey Shooting, 1858. The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, Linn.) is fast disappearing from the woods of Canada...Their extinction will be hastened by the reckless

Transatlantic Sketches - a Swamp in Louisiana - from a drawing by Mrs. Bodichon, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Transatlantic Sketches - a Swamp in Louisiana - from a drawing by Mrs. Bodichon, 1858. The majestic rivers...overflow their banks every year,

First Meet of the Season of the Cotswold Hounds, 1858. Creator: Unknown
First Meet of the Season of the Cotswold Hounds, 1858. Fox hunting in rural England. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. G. Goddard. These hounds, under the mastership of Clego Colmore, Esq

The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales shooting his first tiger at Jeypore...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales shooting his first tiger at Jeypore - first shot, Gwalior, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

The War in the Herzegovina: sketches by our special artist, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The War in the Herzegovina: sketches by our special artist, 1876....some ordinary incidents and habits of campaigning life during the irregular warfare of the past six months in those rugged

Portrait of a Nobleman, mid 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of a Nobleman, mid 19th century

The Prince of Wales shooting otters at Beypore, from a sketch by an officer of the Serapis, 1876. Creator: L.B
The Prince of Wales shooting otters at Beypore [in India], from a sketch by an officer of the Serapis, 1876. The Prince [the future King Edward VII], on his way from Bombay to Ceylon

Sami Collecting Reindeer which have Been Shot, 1892. Creator: Johan Tiren
Sami Collecting Reindeer which have Been Shot, 1892

Coursing meeting at Hampton Park, 1860. Creator: Frederick John Skill
Coursing meeting at Hampton Park, 1860. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Elstob Marshall....the Hampton Meeting is the great rendezvous for Cockney coursers...This year the coursing at the Champion

Noble couple riding out to hunt, 1506. Creator: Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553)
Noble couple riding out to hunt, 1506. Private Collection

Moose-hunting in Canada - the Attack, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Moose-hunting in Canada - the Attack, 1858. View of...an attack on snow-shoes, the victims being a pair of female moose. The moose is the largest of the deer tribe

Moose-hunting in Canada - the Encampment, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Moose-hunting in Canada - the Encampment, 1858. Hunters in autumn. The favourite months for hunting the moose are March and September

Moose-hunting in Canada - en route for the Hunting Ground, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Moose-hunting in Canada - en route for the Hunting Ground, 1858....a couple of habitans snugly ensconced in a rude sleigh drawn by a pony, on their way to the hunting-ground

C'est dommage que ma chasse à moi soit fermée, 1867. Creator: Honore Daumier
C'est dommage que ma chasse a moi soit fermee, 1867. It's a pity that my hunt is closed to me. From Actualites

Cephalus and Aurora, published 1606. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson
Cephalus and Aurora, published 1606. From The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 69

"Bringing Home the Deer" - painted by Bottomley, 1857. Creator: Unknown
"Bringing Home the Deer" - painted by Bottomley, 1857. This characteristic scene is engraved from a drawing made by Mr. Bottomley on a recent visit to the Highlands of Scotland

Equestrian portrait of Alexander I, Prince of the Netherlands, 1843-1871. Creator: Willem Daniel de Vignon van Alphen
Equestrian portrait of Alexander I, Prince of the Netherlands, 1843-1871. Wearing hunting dress. Served in the Navy and the Cavalry

Bear-hunting in Sweden, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Bear-hunting in Sweden, 1856....a small sortie is organised by the inhabitants, who collect together...all those who are willing to share the fatigues of the chase

View of the Palais de Fontainebleau, 1700-1799. Creators: Anon, Jacques Rigaud
View of the Palais de Fontainebleau, 1700-1799. In the foreground a deer shown with horsemen and hunting dogs

Water-Hunting for Deer: a Night Scene on the River Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Water-Hunting for Deer: a Night Scene on the River Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, 1857. Another instance of the revolver principle applied to the rifle is in what is called "water hunting" in

Shooting Buffaloes with Colt's Revolving Pistol, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Shooting Buffaloes with Colt's Revolving Pistol, [USA], 1857. Medicine in illness is considered the summum bonum among the Indians

Sketches in Southern Australia - the Dead Emu, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Southern Australia - the Dead Emu, 1857. The taking of the Emu is a favourite sport of the aborigines: the emu is caught in very large nets, twenty yards long and five feet high

Kangaroo Hunt in Western Australia, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Kangaroo Hunt in Western Australia, 1857. This exhilarating sport commences before sunrise, and the sense of freedom and enjoyment which one experiences, mounted on a good horse

Hunting scene, 1830-1860. Creator: Johannes Tavenraat
Hunting scene, 1830-1860. Huntsmen in forest with dead deer

Landscape with hunting company on a country road, 1786. Creator: Gerard van Nijmegen
Landscape with hunting company on a country road, 1786

Princesses, partly in male dress, participating in a hunt, 1749-1848. Creator: Unknown
Princesses, partly in male dress, participating in a hunt, 1749-1848

Royal hunt, 1749-1848. Creator: Unknown
Royal hunt, 1749-1848

Allegory on the flourishing of the Dutch Fishery after the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67), 1667-1671. Attributed to Willem Eversdijck

Landscape with a Hunting Scene, 1643-1682. Creators: Jacob van Ruisdael, Johannes Lingelbach
Landscape with a Hunting Scene, 1643-1682

Jonkheer Gysbert Carel Rutger Reinier van Brienen van Ramerus...with his Wife and...Children, 1804
Jonkheer Gysbert Carel Rutger Reinier van Brienen van Ramerus (1771-1821), with his Wife and four [three?] of their Children, 1804

Hunting Party at a Fountain, 1660-1682. Creator: Pieter Wouwerman
Hunting Party at a Fountain, 1660-1682

Shooters in a Forest Glade, c.1620-c.1661. Creator: Adriaen van Stalbemt
Shooters in a Forest Glade, c.1620-c.1661

The Hunter, 1653. Creator: Adriaen Cornelisz Beeldemaker
The Hunter, 1653

The Falkland Islands: Encounter of a Sealer with a Sea-Lion, in a Tussac Bog, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Falkland Islands: Encounter of a Sealer with a Sea-Lion, in a Tussac Bog, 1856. European attacking a sea-lion...in a Tussac bog

H.R.H. Prince Albert's Harriers, 1856. Creator: Harrison Weir
H.R.H. Prince Albert's Harriers, 1856. Hare-coursing in Berkshire. Prince Albert's harriers are in the strictest sense of the term a private pack

The hunting party, 1649. Creator: Dirck Stoop
The hunting party, 1649. Our eyes are drawn to the sunlight on the buttocks of a horse which is urinating as it stands at the manger

Centaurs Hunting Boars, 1866-1867. Creator: Ludvig Abelin Schou
Centaurs Hunting Boars, 1866-1867

Foxhunters Regaling in the "Good" Old Times - drawn by John Leech, 1856. Creator: Joseph Swain
Foxhunters Regaling in the "Good" Old Times - drawn by John Leech, 1856. Men can now dine and return to the drawing-room; and, with such temptations as Mr

Paper Hunt - the Find - before Sebastopol - sketched by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Creator: J. A. Crowe
Paper Hunt - the Find - before Sebastopol - sketched by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Off duty during the Crimean War: British soldiers make their own amusement....the meet took place at the head-quarter house

Bear Hunt, 1649. Creator: Paulus Potter
Bear Hunt, 1649

Country Road with Hunter and Peasants, 1650-1674. Creator: Johannes Lingelbach
Country Road with Hunter and Peasants, 1650-1674

Hunters in the Woods, 1660-1685. Creator: Jan Hackaert
Hunters in the Woods, 1660-1685

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The huntsman, a figure steeped in tradition and elegance, is captured in various forms of art and photography. From the exquisite oil painting "Nine Greyhounds in a Landscape" to the vintage poster advertising Bernard Weatherill Ltd, this captivating character has left an indelible mark on our cultural landscape. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin, a handler at Peterborough Show, we see the huntsman in action with his loyal hounds by his side. The silhouettes of the chase depicted by H. L. Oakley further emphasize the thrill and excitement that accompanies this age-old pursuit. In "Fox Hunting in Surrey, " a 19th-century watercolor transports us back to a time when fox hunting was not only a sport but also an integral part of rural life. Meanwhile, the Huntsman spider named Heteropoda venatoria reminds us that nature too has its own skilled hunters. A touch of sophistication is added as we observe the huntsman enjoying a stirrup cup or indulging in leisurely moments with a cigar. These glimpses into their lifestyle highlight both their dedication to their craft and their appreciation for finer pleasures. Moving away from traditional scenes, an Eskimo muskrat hunter paddling through marshes captures our attention with its unique perspective on hunting traditions across cultures. Similarly, Fox Hunting parties gathering amidst picturesque landscapes like Newlands in Keswick showcase how this activity transcends geographical boundaries. Even railway stations like Melton Mowbray become associated with huntsmen as they embark on journeys filled with anticipation and camaraderie before setting off on their adventures. Whether portrayed through brushstrokes or lens captures, these diverse depictions remind us of the timeless allure surrounding huntsmen - guardians of tradition who embody gracefulness and determination as they pursue their quarry across vast terrains.