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The Champion Ratcatcher

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the sport of rat catching and was painted by an artist of the English School about 1840. In 1849, when rat catching became illegal in Britain, the sport known ...

The Cock Fight

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a cock fight. Although cock fighting was made illegal in 1849, fights continued, particularly in remote places. This painting suggests the universiality of ...

The Earth Stopper

This is a mixed media work by an unknown artist dating from about 1840. It depicts an earth stopper who stops us a fox's earth the evening before a hunt, confronted by a sweep. A cutting stuck on the ...

The Earth Stopper

This is the detail of the earth stopper from a mixed media work dating from about 1840. It may have been by George Smart, but is not signed. An earth stopper would stop us a fox's earth the evening before ...

The Greyhound

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a greyhound, painted by W. H. Ruggles in 1837, as it says in an inscription in the bottom left corner. Framed size Height 534mm, Width 637mm, Depth 43mm

The Hunt

This is an oil painting on panel depicting a hunting scene. A house in the foreground leads to a river running along the front of the painting. In the back right is a hunt scene depicting men with dogs ...

The White Hart, Reigate

James and George Temple The White Hart, Reigate Watercolour on paper 415mm x 785mm Huntsmen and hounds gathered outside an inn, a horse drawn carriage stands to the left. The brothers James Temple (1843 ...

Tredington. Hunt meet

The hunt meeting at Tredington. 1950s