Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) - Coursing Fallow Deere - Very early Sport Engraving - 1671

AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF A RARE MASTER ETCHING OF AN EARLY SPORTING MOTIVE

23 x 17.1 cm

Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London) after Francis Barlow

23.5 x 17 cm

Issued in the extremely rare series: 

Severall Ways of Hunting, Hawking, and Fishing, Acording to the English Manner

[London:]: Sold by John Overton 1671.

AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF A RARE ETCHING OF AN EARLY SPORTING MOTIVE

Lettered in the plate at lower centre with artists' names: 'W Hollar sculp:', below image with title, and verse in two columns over two lines. Numbered within plate 2.

New Hollstein (Hollar) 2136.

Very good example with a large armorial water mark.