Foreign Field Sports: The Bear Triap Aquatint by Dubourg, Merke & Howitt, 1813
€ 240
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1813
Sheet size
22.2 × 33 cm (8.7 × 13.0 in)
Reference
BG-13740-2
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
In good condition given age. General age related toning due to age and handling. Some brown spots outside the image in the border area. Please study scan carefully.
About this sheet
The Bear Trap, an original hand-colored aquatint from Foreign Field Sports, published in London by Edward Orme and dated 1813. The plate is lettered "The Bear Trap" at the foot, with the credit "Howitt del." at the lower left and the engravers' names at the right.
A bear has fallen into a pit covered with interlaced branches and lies on its back among the twigs, jaws open, with a small red vessel beside it. Above and to the right, a second bear looks down over the edge of a sandy ledge, its mouth also open. Trees with gray-green and ochre foliage frame the scene on both sides, and the soft tones of the aquatint give the forest a misty light.
Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, &c. gathered hunting scenes from many countries, drawn largely from the sketches of travelers and engraved by Dubourg and Merke after Howitt, with the figures and animals colored by hand. The plate gives no place name, and the old description does not locate the scene.
