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Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches

Darvill's Rare Prints is pleased to offer a huge selection of antique lithographs from
"Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches, a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of British, Indian, Colonial, and Foreign Sport."

These antique prints are from Fores's Sporting Notes and Sketches, an English quarterly magazine published
from 1884 through the early 1900s. It contained articles and stories about sports at home and abroad,
including equestrian, sailing, hunting, fishing, golf, and many others.
Please refer to the Sporting Prints page for a list of the available categories.
Each issue included eight-full page duotoned lithographs.

Duotone Tinted Lithographs with goldish background that varies somewhat in coloration
(any black and white prints are offset lithographs)
Sheet size: approximately 8 1/2 x 5 9/16 inches (about 21.7 x 14.2 cm)


Fox Hunting, hunting dogs, related scenes

(click thumbnail for enlarged view)


The Hunting Parson at Breakfast 1789
"The Hunting Parson at Breakfast 1789"
$20


A Melton Mantle-piece
"A Melton Mantle-piece"
$20


The Melton Breakfast
"The Melton Breakfast"
(offset lithograph)
$20


Thomas Oldaker, Twenty-Six Years Huntsman to the Berkeley Hounds, on his favourite Hunter Brush
"Thomas Oldaker,
Twenty-Six Years Huntsman to the Berkeley Hounds,
on his favourite Hunter Brush"
(offset lithograph)
$20


En route to Salt Hill
"En route to Salt Hill"
$20


Lo! Here are the Hounds!
"Lo! Here are the Hounds!"
$20


By your leave gentlemen!
"By your leave gentlemen!"
$20


Dear me, Goodall!
"Dear me, Goodall!"
$20


Tipping Time
"Tipping Time"
$20


Who is the fair lady?
"Who is the fair lady?"
$20


Ah! Turniter don't tell no lies, he don't!
"Ah! Turniter don't tell no lies, he don't!"
$20


Made a wide cast
"Made a wide cast"
$20


Rode full tilt at the brook
"Rode full tilt at the brook"
$20


Ensconced!
"Ensconced!"
$20


Pursued him right into his owner's yard
"Pursued him right into his owner's yard"
$20


Divided!
"Divided!"
$20


They must have him!
"They must have him!"
$20


Hit off the trail on the far bank
"Hit off the trail on the far bank"
$20


Doubled!
"Doubled!"
$20


I darted off at best speed
"I darted off at best speed"
$20


Help!
"Help!"
$20


Who the devil is he?
"Who the devil is he?"
$20


It wasn't I, Guy
"It wasn't I, Guy"
$20


They seem on business bent
"They seem on business bent"
$20


The mare bolted madly away like the wind
"The mare bolted madly away like the wind"
$20


That ought to fetch him Miss
"That ought to fetch him Miss"
$20


The effect of cheesemonger's brandy
"The effect of cheesemonger's brandy"
$20


Scattering them in all directions
"Scattering them in all directions"
$20


I ain't seen him, but I smell him
"I ain't seen him, but I smell him"
$20


Unorthodox scampers
"Unorthodox scampers"
$20


I asked what he thought of the day
"I asked what he thought of the day"
$20


He went throught their midst without harm to his skin
"He went throught their midst
without harm to his skin"
$20


Scrambling out resume the chase
"Scrambling out resume the chase"
$20


Some idiot headed the fox
"Some idiot headed the fox"
$20


The porkers that day failed to save Charley's bacon
"The porkers that day failed
to save Charley's bacon"
$20


Down the swift stream
"Down the swift stream"
$20


Immediately made tracks
"Immediately made tracks"
$20


Boted into a gipsy's [sic] van
"Boted into a gipsy's [sic] van"
$20


Under an old ash tree the pack mark their otter
"Under an old ash tree
the pack mark their otter"
$20


Leaps the bank
"Leaps the bank"
$20


There was some merriment...
"There was some merriment amongst the Huntsmen, ehen "the best Hounds in England to kill foxes," left the ring without the prize"
$20


A canary is all I keep for my huntsman
"A canary is all I keep for my huntsman"
$20


Belvoir Kennels, 9:50 P.M.
"Belvoir Kennels, 9:50 P.M."
$20


[untitled] Huntsman with dogs
[untitled]
Huntsman with dogs


He defied the whole field
"He defied the whole field"
$20


Single Handed
"Single Handed"
$20


A fox in the chimney
"A fox in the chimney"
$20


End of a fast run
"End of a fast run"
$20


Tackled!
"Tackled!"
$20


He's as merry as a Lamb kin...
"He's as merry as a Lamb kin..."
$20


The Parson-Master in at the death
"The Parson-Master in at the death"
$20


Who shot the fox?
"Who shot the fox?"
$20


A V.C. Race is child's play to this
"A V.C. Race is child's play to this"
$20


Sentencing the Vulpecide
"Sentencing the Vulpecide"
$20


I claim my tithe
"I claim my tithe"
$20


Entered to Hounds
"Entered to Hounds"
$20


She gracefully bowed, and the trophy took
"She gracefully bowed, and the trophy took"
$20


The last of the Fox of the Ivied Walls
"The last of the Fox of the Ivied Walls"
$20


Holding the barmint at arm's length, he carried it ashore
"Holding the varmint at arm's length, he carried it ashore"
$20


Now Mum, Which o' the dear young ladies may I 'ave the pleasure of presenting the Brush to?
"Now Mum, Which o' the dear young ladies may I 'ave the pleasure of presenting the Brush to?"
$20


Meet of the Royal Hounds on Ascot Heath
Meet of the Royal Hounds on Ascot Heath
$25


Just in time to take the cub from the hounds
Just in time to take the cub from the hounds
$25


A mornings cub-hunting
A morning's cub-hunting
$25


Well to the right of them
Well to the right of them...
$20


The obsequies were duly performed
The obsequies were duly performed
$25


Charlie's hat is in the air
Charlie's hat is in the air
$25


A happy family
The obsequies were duly performed
$25


Kirby Gate 1893
Kirby Gate 1893
$25


Gone away on the whistle
'Gone away' on the whistle
$25


Ah! c'est magnifique la chasse a l'ours
Ah! c'est magnifique la chasse a l'ours
$15


decked with gorgeous Eastern trappings
decked with gorgeous Eastern trappings
$20


Away they went
Away they went
$25


Turned her into Carnation's mouth
Turned her into Carnation's mouth
$25


Azore and Medore returning the hare
Azore and Medore returning the hare
$15

 
many other Fores's prints are available in various categories...click below