This antique country life print depicts Hare Coursing, the hunting of hares with hounds by rider on horseback. The aquatint lithograph is titled ‘COURSING’ featuring the hounds at full extension in pursuit of the elusive hare. The work of the acclaimed sporting artist Richard Jones and the copper plate is engraved by Charles Turner. 
The print design was originally published in London by respected printers and retailers to the wealthy classes - R Ackermann, in 1821. This lithograph is thought to be from an a later issue, probably around the early 1900s. The print is mounted under glass in mahogany wood frame.
67cm x 58cm overall.
45cm x 38cm print.
Richard Jones was one of the better sporting artists of his time... portraiture of horse, rider and hounds captures powerful imagery. In 1818, he gave a Reading address for his Royal Academy exhibit but had moved to Louth, Lincolnshire, by 1824, and to Birmingham in 1830. Jones exhibited eleven pictures at the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists between 1832 and 1835.
Ackermann's shop in the Strand was the famous Repository of Arts, a print and picture emporium founded in 1796 by Rudolph Ackermann (1764-
1834). Ackermann was born in Saxony and apprenticed to his father as a coach-builder. He designed coaches and carriages, working for famous Paris carriage maker Antoine Carassi before moving to London about 1784. In 1795 he married and set up a print shop at 96 Strand and a year later took over a drawing school, thus began the Ackermann print over two hundred years.
In 1797, Ackermann moved his shop to the premises at 101 Strand, which he named as "The Repository of Arts" the following year. In 1827, Ackermann moved to 96 Strand, In this shop he sold not only prints and illustrated books, but also paper, art supplies (some manufactured by Ackermann himself, old master paintings, miniatures, and many other decorative items. 
The Repository of Art became a most fashionable place for the upper classes of London to visit. You could browse through the books and prints to learn about the latest designs for clothing or interiors, tea and lectures were offered, and you could be seen to be sophisticated in your taste. Ackermann kept his shop absolutely elegant and up-to-date (his was one of the first businesses in the country to be illuminated by gas). The shop remained as a popular spot until it closed in 1856.
£175.00 
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