Lot Essay
The painter of the leaf was probably a pupil of Hubert Gravelot's Drawing Academy in Covent Garden where Thomas Gainsborough learnt to draw
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Hunting,
a fan, the leaf painted en camaieau in tones of sea green and grey with a lady and sportsman resting after hunting, the lady holding a falcon, with a musket and a dead hare, an arrow and a French horn nearby, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with shepherds and shepherdesses - 11in. (28cm.), English, circa 1740
a fan, the leaf painted en camaieau in tones of sea green and grey with a lady and sportsman resting after hunting, the lady holding a falcon, with a musket and a dead hare, an arrow and a French horn nearby, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with shepherds and shepherdesses - 11in. (28cm.), English, circa 1740
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