Huntsmen Collection

The Melton Breakfast by Sir Francis Grant
A rare mezzotint of High Leicestershire Lights of the past enjoying breakfast before a hunt. From left to right are Massey Stanley, the Earl of Wilton, Count Matuszevic, Lord Gardner

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, handler at Peterborough Show
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Tom Newman, the Duke of Beauforts huntsman, taking part as a handler at the Peterborough Foxhound Show

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

Huntsmen and foxhounds in a field. Date: 1960s

R A Draghounds meet at the The Bull Hotel, Farningham. 31 October 1935

Imperial Stag Hunt
Imperial Stage Hunt in the Forest of Compiegne. Huntsmen and women, dressed in red and green follow the hounds who have a stag in their sights

Huntsmen and Hounds
Huntsmen and hounds

Fox Hunting party, Newlands, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria
A spectacular real photographic postcard showing a Fox Hunting party at Newlands, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, standing on the edge of a dramatic valley. Date: circa 1920s

A game keeper giving directions to a couple fox hunting, 19th century. Facey Romford and Lucy Somersville on the trail of a fast bag fox. Fresh as a four year old

A Victorian greeting card of fox hunters racing by while the fox hides in a tree, c
3604229 A Victorian greeting card of fox hunters racing by while the fox hides in a tree, c.1880 (colour litho) by Griset, Ernest Henry (1844-1907); Private Collection; Photo eDavid Pearson; English

South Devon Foxhounds, Cockington, near Torquay
South Devon Foxhounds with huntsmen and horses at Cockington, near Torquay, Devon, getting ready to set off. Date: circa 1960s

Royal Artillery Draghunt at Eynsford. 1936

Royal Artillery Draghunt crossing the bridge over the Darent at Eynsford. 1936

Three hunt members, horses and foxhounds, Somerset
Three hunt members, horses and foxhounds in a field at Lea Hill, near Porlock, Somerset. Date: circa 1960s

Royal Artillery Draghunt at Chislehurst, Kent. 1937

FOX HUNT
Hounds and huntsmen on a fox hunt. Date: 1967

The Wiltshire Champion Coursing Meeting at Stonehenge, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Wiltshire Champion Coursing Meeting at Stonehenge, 1865. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. G. B. Goddard, representing...the trysting-place for the coursers on one or two mornings during "the

Cover of catalogue of Manufrance (Manufacture Francaise d'Armes et Cycles) Saint Etienne, c1920 (print)
545171 Cover of catalogue of Manufrance (Manufacture Francaise d'Armes et Cycles) Saint Etienne, c1920 (print) by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: French huntsmen)

Return from the Hunt (oil on canvas)
XNT203283 Return from the Hunt (oil on canvas) by Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France; (add.info.: The Return of the Hunt;)

In a Brazilian forest: waiting for a shot, 1864. Creator: Unknown
In a Brazilian forest: waiting for a shot, 1864. The place where the sketch was made us a favourite haunt of the deer which resort to the banks of one of the small mountain streams near Petropolis

"Dead Swan and Peacock", by the late W. Duffield, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"Dead Swan and Peacock", by the late W. Duffield, 1864. Engraving of a painting. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

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

The Change, 1823 (oil on canvas)
3431772 The Change, 1823 (oil on canvas) by Landseer, Edwin (1802-73); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

The Avenue of Birches, 1660-1685. Creator: Jan Hackaert
The Avenue of Birches, 1660-1685

Monsieur, vu l'absence complète... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Monsieur, vu l'absence complete... 19th century. First man: Monsieur, given the complete absence of game, I ask your kind permission to shoot your dog

Fox-hunting, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Fox-hunting, 1854....an average provincial scene, with more sport and fun than fashion. We should say that Reynard has been dodging them round a big wood for an hour or two

Stag-hunting in the Reign of George II. - from a painting by Frederick Tayler, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Stag-hunting in the Reign of George II. - from a painting by Frederick Tayler, 1854. The stout, plump, coarse-bred horses; the huge hunting-horns; the yeoman pricker

At Bay - "Sticking up a Boomer", 1850. Creator: Unknown. At Bay - "Sticking up a Boomer", 1850
At Bay - "Sticking up a Boomer", 1850. Kangaroo-hunting in Australia:a party of men and dogs have come up with the kangaroo - or, as it is called

Full Cry, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Full Cry, 1850. Kangaroo-hunting:the favourite colonial sport of Australia...the full chase, with its adventurous character across a half-cleared country; in which the flying leaps of the kangaroo

Chase of a Jackal, in the New Forest, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Chase of a Jackal, in the New Forest, 1850. Hunting in Hampshire:a Jackal, of great size and ferocity...arrived at Lyndhurst...the place where the Jackal was to be enlarged [released]...had been kept

The Boar-Hunt - painted by Rubens - from the Gallery of the late King of Holland, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Boar-Hunt - painted by Rubens - from the Gallery of the late King of Holland, 1850. This magnificent picture was formerly in the gallery of the late King of Holland, at the Hague

Killing a "Boomer", 1850. Creator: Unknown. Killing a "Boomer", 1850. Creator: Unknown
Killing a "Boomer", 1850. Kangaroo-hunting in Australia: The native name for the Kangaroo is "boomer" hence the boomerang...the kangaroo is seized on by the dogs

The Llanharan Hunt (oil on canvas)
NGW191983 The Llanharan Hunt (oil on canvas) by Harrison, John F. (19th century); National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

Rheola from the Lawn (w/c & pencil on paper)
NGW387998 Rheola from the Lawn (w/c & pencil on paper) by Hornor, Thomas (1785-1844); 23.3x39.3 cm; National Museum Wales; (add.info)

The Kill (w/c with pen & ink over graphite on paper)
XYC250015 The Kill (w/c with pen & ink over graphite on paper) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 11.4x17.8 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA

Mendip Hunt Meet
A gathering of the Mendip Hunt, outside Wells Cathedral in Somerset. Date: 1925

Advertisement for Dewar's White Label whisky. Captioned, Dewar's - always a welcome find!'. Showing two huntsmen in hunting gear, admiring table with bottle of Dewar's whisky

Photographs of the Rufford hounds, with huntsmen, in front of Thoresby Park, and Earl Manvers on horseback, Master of the Rufford Hunt. From a series of articles, Famous Hunts at home'

Old Tower Fox Hunting Scenes Scene 1885 1880s
old, tower, fox, hunting, scenes, scene, 1885, 1880s, victorian, sport, sports, sporting, hunt, huntsmen, riding, horses, horse, hounds, chasing, chase, meet, dogs, stag, day, must, die, 11801643

Peru - Ucayali River - European Hunters and Crocodile
Arequipa region, Peru - Ucayali River - European Hunters, indigenous villagers and (rather clearly deceased) Crocodile. Part of the reverse comment on this postcard reads

FOX HUNTING / SILK
Full Cry Five mounted huntsmen and their pack of hounds outnumber a solitary fox as it tries to out-run almost certain death. Date: 19th century

Stag at Bay - Scene near Taplow, Berks, c. 1795-1801 (pen, ink, w/c with touches of bodycolour on paper)
XYC239815 Stag at Bay - Scene near Taplow, Berks, c.1795-1801 (pen, ink, w/c with touches of bodycolour on paper) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 41.3x52.4 cm; Yale Center for British Art

The Meet, 1743 (oil on canvas)
LAF470993 The Meet, 1743 (oil on canvas) by Reysschoot, Pieter Jan van (1702-76); 230x175 cm; Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

The Kill, 1743 (oil on canvas)
LAF470991 The Kill, 1743 (oil on canvas) by Reysschoot, Pieter Jan van (1702-76); 230x175 cm; Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Boat Killing Game in Boats, 1806 (aquatint)
XEE4124093 Boat Killing Game in Boats, 1806 (aquatint) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); Private Collection; (add.info.: after Captain Thomas Williamson in series " Oriental field sports")

Turks Hunting Lions (oil on canvas)
XMN219612 Turks Hunting Lions (oil on canvas) by Troy, Jean Francois de (1679-1752); Musee de Picardie, Amiens, France; (add.info.: Chasse aux Lions par les Turcs; ); © Musee de Picardie, Amiens

The Death, Bachelors Hall (oil on canvas)
XYC159641 The Death, Bachelors Hall (oil on canvas) by Turner, Francis Calcraft (1782-1846); 35.6x48.3 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA

The Kill, 19th century (oil on canvas)
1765046 The Kill, 19th century (oil on canvas) by Alken, Samuel Henry (1810-94); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Kill. Samuel Henry Alken Jnr. (1810-1894)

Hunting Scene from The Book of Love, Safavid Dynasty (gouache on paper)
XIR283308 Hunting Scene from The Book of Love, Safavid Dynasty (gouache on paper) by Persian School, (16th century); Egyptian National Library, Cairo, Egypt; (add.info.: Hunting scene)

A Boar Hunt (oil on canvas)
CH401583 A Boar Hunt (oil on canvas) by Snyders, Frans (1579-1657) (circle of); 203.2x348 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

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"Huntsmen: A Glimpse into the World of Fox Hunting" Step back in time to the enchanting era of fox hunting, where tradition and elegance intertwined with nature's raw beauty. The year is 1935, and at The Bull Hotel in Farningham, a gathering of passionate hunters eagerly await the R A Draghounds meet. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin, a renowned handler at Peterborough Show, this captivating scene captures the anticipation that fills the air. As dawn breaks on another exhilarating hunt, silhouettes dance across the landscape in H. L. Oakley's masterpiece "Silhouettes of the Chase. " Huntsmen mounted on noble steeds lead their loyal companions - foxhounds - through sprawling countryside and dense forests. Together they form an unbreakable bond built upon trust and instinct. The thrill of the chase echoes throughout history as we witness scenes from Imperial Stag Hunt to Royal Artillery Draghunt at Eynsford. These grand hunts bring together men and women from all walks of life who share a common love for this age-old sport. In Newlands, Keswick, nestled amidst Lake District's breathtaking scenery in Cumbria, a lively fox hunting party unfolds. Amidst laughter and camaraderie, riders gallop across rolling hills while hounds eagerly follow their scent trails. Sir Francis Grant immortalizes one cherished tradition - The Melton Breakfast - where hunters gather before setting off on their daring escapades. This vibrant painting depicts an atmosphere brimming with excitement as riders prepare themselves for what lies ahead. Even gamekeepers play a crucial role in ensuring successful hunts by providing directions to eager couples seeking adventure alongside these magnificent creatures. Their knowledge guides them through treacherous terrains while respecting nature's delicate balance. A Victorian greeting card transports us further back in time; it portrays fox hunters racing past as a cunning fox seeks refuge high up within a tree canopy—a reminder that nature's resilience often outwits human pursuit.