The GOING OUT in the MORNING
Date1762-1793
After work by
John Wootton
Publisher
Carington Bowles
(1724 - 1793)
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving on laid paper with hand coloring
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/16 × 10 3/4in. (18.3 × 27.3cm)
Other (Plate): 6 3/4 × 10 3/4in. (17.1 × 27.3cm)
Frame size: H. 8 15/16"; w. 12 7/16".
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1951-78
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "A Set of 4 Hare Huntings which are in the highest Repute, from that Celebrated Artist John Wooton."Upper right corner: "9"
Lower margin reads: "The GOING OUT in the MORNING./ La SORTIE des CHASSUERS au MATIN./ Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard London."
Label TextSix mounted hunters with numerous hounds tracking in a rocky and wooded foreground. A bay or mouth of a river with hills beyond shows in background; church by nearer shore of the waterway.
Markings"...from that celebrated artist John Wooton"
Ca. 1750
1752-1764
1750-1760
February 2, 1784