A Run with the Stag Hounds, including: Hold hard! Let the Hounds go first, if you please, Gentlemen; A Short cut to the Meet; Something wrong, as usual-lost shoes, stirrups, girth, &c.; Uncarting the Deer; Thrown Out. Have you seen the Hounds Sir? Confound that fellow, he's as deaf as a post.; Going the Pace; A welcome Check (illustrated); Pray, have you seen the deer, Ladies?; Hard Pressed (illustrated); The Take; The Sanctuary; and The Run of the Season

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Hablot Knight Browne, called 'Phiz' (1815-1882)
A Run with the Stag Hounds, including: Hold hard! Let the Hounds go first, if you please, Gentlemen; A Short cut to the Meet; Something wrong, as usual-lost shoes, stirrups, girth, &c.; Uncarting the Deer; Thrown Out. Have you seen the Hounds Sir? Confound that fellow, he's as deaf as a post.; Going the Pace; A welcome Check (illustrated); Pray, have you seen the deer, Ladies?; Hard Pressed (illustrated); The Take; The Sanctuary; and The Run of the Season
three signed 'Phiz' (lower left), eight signed 'Phiz' (lower right)
pencil, black and brown chalk and watercolour, heightened with touches of white on buff paper
8¼ x 11¾ in. (21 x 30 cm.) (12)

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Lot Essay

Hablot Knight Browne or 'Phiz' as he was always known, was a popular illustrator who contributed to publications such as New Sporting magazine (1839), The Sporting Times, and Punch (1842-44 and 1861-69). He illustrated a number of books and worked as Dickens' illustrator for a number of years.

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