A game keeper giving directions to a couple fox hunting, 19th century. Facey Romford and Lucy Somersville on the trail of a fast bag fox. Fresh as a four year old. Went off like a shot! Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Robert Smith Surtees’ Mr. Facey Romford’s Hounds, Bradbury, Evans and Co., London, 1865. Leech (1817-1864) was an English caricaturist and illustrator best known for his work for Punch magazine.

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