STEEL ENGRAVING - "THE FOX AND HOUNDS" from the painting by R. W. Buss, engraved by W. Wetlstood, published in 1865. This engraving is in excellent condition. The picture measures 5 5/8” x 4 5/8”, and is matted to 11" x 14" for easy framing.

   An experience which might even now by undergone at some of the pretentious country hotels of England by any traveller who makes up his mind that he will not fee the waiters, chambermaids and porters. The “Fox and Hounds,” which the artist has made the name of the hotel, is suggestive of the whole scene.

    R. W. Buss was born in England, 1804, and was, in his day, quite a popular artist.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Antique prints, etchings, engravings, and lithographs are printing processes, which use steel, copper, stone or wood blocks or plates to produce a picture on paper.

Most antique prints and engravings, which are seen on the internet today, are bookplates. Because they are pages from a book, there are multiple copies in existence. This does not, however, mean that they are "reproductions" that have been printed recently.

Because they were, at some point, part of books, some have been preserved in excellent condition, while others show signs of age, as yellow spots or darkness on the edge of the page from being handled.

Engravings, lithographs, etc., are high quality pieces of art, as it took a highly trained artist many hours of work to produce one. Although there may be multiple copies still in existence, the date of the item should be stated, thus giving the buyer an idea of its age.

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