Pursuit Collection

Setting off on a Fox Hunt - leaving the Chateau
A group of Upper Class French Gentlemen and lady set off on a Fox Hunt - leaving the Chateau along with attendant handlers, Master of the hounds, horn bearers

The Days Work by Muriel Dawson
A little boy in dungarees or overalls and with a wide brimmed hat stands on the end of a jetty fishing with a makeshift rod and line. Swans fly overhead

Silhouettes of the Chase by H. L. Oakley
Two silhouettes cut by H. L. Oakley showing scenes from a hunt. The first shows the hunt meeting at a village pub, while the second shows them at full stretch galloping across countryside

IRVING: SLEEPY HOLLOW. The headless horseman scares Ichabod Crane out of town. Wood engraving, American, 1876, for Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, first published in 1819

FOOTBALL GAME, 1966. Quarterback Bart Starr of the Green Bay Packers attempting to run for a first down against the Baltimore Colts after failing to find an open receiver

Dog - Red Setter / Irish Setter - chasing pheasant
LA-4173 Dog - Red Setter / Irish Setter - chasing pheasant Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Aristippus of Cyrene
ARISTIPPUS OF CYRENE Greek philosopher, studied under Socrates, founded hedonist school advocating the (prudent) pursuit of pleasure

Neville Chamberlain fishing by Ernest H. Thomas
Prime Minister, The Right Hon. Neville Chamberlain engaged in his favourite pastime of fly fishing. The artist, Ernest H. Thomas

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) explode out of the water, returning to breed at Cape Washington, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2009

Cover design, Popular Aviation Magazine combined with Practical Mechanics, showing two criminals in a red car being pursued by two policemen in a biplane

Ufo at Hya Kuri Japan
A UFO is pursued by a Japanese military jet, at Air Force Base Hya Kuri. Date: 10 October 1975

Wild Hunt of Norsemen
A troop of Norse horsemen and their dogs gallop through the night sky in pursuit of their prey

Cheetah - Chasing Thomson's Gazelle Transmara, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa
LA-1768 Cheetah - Chasing Thomson's Gazelle Transmara, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa Acinonyx jubatus Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle, c. 1500 (wool warp with wool, silk
3469071 The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle, c.1500 (wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts) by Netherlandish School (16th century)

Peckforton Wood, in the Cheshire Hunt area
View of Peckforton Wood, in the Cheshire Hunt area, with a hunt in progress. Date: 1936

The Quorn Hunt in Full Cry: Second Horses, after a painting by Henry Alken (1785-1851)
XYC158775 The Quorn Hunt in Full Cry: Second Horses, after a painting by Henry Alken (1785-1851) (oil on canvas) by Dalby, John (19th century); 38.x50.8 cm; Yale Center for British Art

The King and Queen at Chatsworth
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra as part of a shooting party at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. The King is seated at the front, second from left with Queen Alexandra behind him

EVNT2A-00075
General Oliver Otis Howard pursuing the Nez Perce tribe on the Dead Mule Trail in Idaho, 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Fashion for the Moors by Gordon Conway
Suggestion for a slimline country tweed suit, perfect for striding stylishly over moorland on the Glorious Twelfth. Date: c.1930

Huntsman takes a stirrup cup
A lady offers a huntsman of the South Devon Foxhunt - mounted on a fine white horse - a traditional stirrup cup drink from a tray. Date: circa 1980

Me 109 Versus Spitfire
A Messerschmitt 109 in pursuit of a Spitfire. The caption says the German plane will shoot the British one down - but who knows, perhaps it will be the other way about ?

Full Cry - Tom Clarke, Huntsman of the Old Berkshire, c1879. Creator: Unknown
Full Cry" - Tom Clarke, Huntsman of the Old Berkshire, c1879. The Old Berkshire Hunt in Oxfordshire dates back to 1830. From " The Book of the Horse", by S. Sidney

Resolution of Council of War for pursuit of Spanish Armada bearing the signature of Francis Drake amongst others. Date: 1588

I flee for the first time and am pursued, 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham
I flee for the first time and am pursued, 1910. I flee for the first time and am pursued: Warfather follows close. He nears, he nears, in fury! Save this woman! Sisters, your help!

Goat and Hound (cut paper laid down on tissue)
1767559 Goat and Hound (cut paper laid down on tissue) by Diederich, Wilhelm Hunt (1884-1953); 17.1x31.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images.

A coursing meet at Hampton Court Park, 1860 (engraving)
1579523 A coursing meet at Hampton Court Park, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting a coursing meet at Hampton Court Park, London)

Pursuit of love, 1885
3479303 Pursuit of love, 1885; (add.info.: The latest invention put to work in the pursuit of love. The latest St. Valentine greeting. Dated 14th February 1885.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A detachment of the Chmielinski corps pursuing the Russians in the village of Ponik
3473156 A detachment of the Chmielinski corps pursuing the Russians in the village of Ponik, Poland during the January Uprising of 1863, from L'Univers Illustre, pub

"The Escape", by R. Beavis, from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"The Escape", by R. Beavis, from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1864. Engraving of a painting depicting a '...chivalric and important personage - a [Scottish] Border chieftain

Chasing Money (Japanese Song), 1904. Creator: Unknown
Chasing Money (Japanese Song), 1904. This collection includes tsarist-era advertisements and a set of posters from the era of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

Kino Stabbing Her Husband with a Fruit Knife, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Kino Stabbing Her Husband with a Fruit Knife, 1875. Series: The Postal News, no. 471

Wild Boar Hunt, c1675. Creator: Unknown
Wild Boar Hunt, c1675. Two princely figures on horseback powerfully charge at a wild boar, simultaneously plunging their weapons into its side just in time to save their companion

Illustration from Becker's Pocketbook, 1796. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration from Becker's Pocketbook, 1796

Yokkaichi, 1833. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Yokkaichi, 1833. From Fifty-three Stations on the Tokaido

Torii Suneemon Katsutaka, 1868. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Torii Suneemon Katsutaka, 1868. From Eight Views with Fine Tales of Warriors

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

A Chronicle of the Pursuit of Rebels at Kagoshima, 1877. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A Chronicle of the Pursuit of Rebels at Kagoshima, 1877

Moriya Pursuing Prince Shotoku who Disappears into a Tree, 19th century. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Moriya Pursuing Prince Shotoku who Disappears into a Tree, 19th century. From Biography of Prince Shotoku

Earth: Akashi Gidayu Races to Kyoto during the Battle of Amagasaki, 1867. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Earth: Akashi Gidayu Races to Kyoto during the Battle of Amagasaki, 1867. From Heroes and the Five Elements

In a Fit of Jealousy Arai Tokichi Hurls a Rock at Ohana, c1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
In a Fit of Jealousy Arai Tokichi Hurls a Rock at Ohana, c1875. From The Postal News, no. 601

La nouvelle Cendrillon, 1866. Creator: Honore Daumier
La nouvelle Cendrillon, 1866. The new Cinderella. Allegorical figure of Austria running from the Italian boot. From Actualites

A Chimerical Animal Chasing Other Animals, 1610. Creator: Hendrick Hondius I
A Chimerical Animal Chasing Other Animals, 1610. From Battling Animals, pl. 24

A Unicorn Chasing Lizards from a Pond, 1610. Creator: Hendrick Hondius I
A Unicorn Chasing Lizards from a Pond, 1610. From Battling Animals, title plate

Pan Pursuing Syrinx, Who Is Changed into a Reed, published 1589. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Pan Pursuing Syrinx, Who Is Changed into a Reed, published 1589. From Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 1, plate 18

Neptune Pursuing Coronis, Who is Changed into a Crow, published 1590. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Neptune Pursuing Coronis, Who is Changed into a Crow, published 1590. From Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 2, plate 13

Pan Pursuing Syrinx, between c.1690 and c.1695. Creator: Ignaz Elhafen
Pan Pursuing Syrinx, between c.1690 and c.1695

Catching Wild Horses with the Lasso; Frontier Adventures in the Argentine Republic, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Catching wild Horses with the Lasso; Frontier Adventures in the Argentine Republic, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Apollo and Daphne, between circa 1650 and circa 1660. Creator: Anthonie Waterloo
Apollo and Daphne, between circa 1650 and circa 1660

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Setting off on a Fox Hunt - leaving the Chateau, the pursuit begins with excitement and anticipation. The riders gallop through the countryside, their silhouettes against the setting sun creating a picturesque scene captured in 'The Days Work' by Muriel Dawson and 'Silhouettes of the Chase' by H. L. Oakley. In another pursuit, Irving's Sleepy Hollow comes alive as Ichabod Crane is scared out of town by the headless horseman in an eerie wood engraving from 1876. Meanwhile, on a football field in 1966, quarterback Bart Starr of the Green Bay Packers takes matters into his own hands as he attempts to run for a first down after failing to find an open receiver. A red setter or Irish setter dashes through fields chasing pheasants, showcasing its natural instinct for hunting. Just like Aristippus of Cyrene who believed in pursuing pleasure and enjoyment in life. Nature itself displays incredible pursuits; emperor penguins explode out of water returning to breed while UFO sightings at Hya Kuri Japan leave us questioning what otherworldly pursuits may exist beyond our understanding. The Wild Hunt of Norsemen echoes ancient tales where warriors pursued their quarry relentlessly across mythical landscapes. And speaking of speed and agility, witness a cheetah chasing Thomson's gazelle across Transmara in Maasai Mara, Kenya – capturing both predator and prey engaged in their primal pursuit. From fox hunts to football games, from nature's wonders to legendary folklore – pursuit is ingrained within us all. It drives us forward towards our goals and passions; it fuels our desire for adventure and discovery.