A satire on London hunters: A hare crouching in long grass beside an old tree at left while a young man runs forward dragging his gun, and holding out his hat to throw it over the animal. Two dogs follow behind him and a second man squats down with his gun to watch
Description:
Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac and by British Museum record for another popular print by Davison., A copy of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen finding a hare", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9599 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
A young huntsmen with a barnyard rooster hanging from his waist, negligently uses a ramrod. His pot-bellied companion leans against a fence, voraciously gnawing a cold chicken, a bottle of 'Porter' in front of him. Near him lies a dead cat. The men are accompanied by two dogs
Description:
Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac and by British Museum record for another popular print by Davison., A copy of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen re-charging", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9598 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.