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The Enthusiastic Sportsman, Attributed to William Buss (English, 1804-1875)
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Description
The Enthusiastic Sportsman
In a period gilt frame.
10 x 11 ½ inches
Robert William Buss was known for his amusing subjects. His years of training first as an engraver and later as illustrator, miniaturist and portraitist are showcased in The Enthusiastic Sportsman. A Dickens' enthusiast, Buss delighted in supplying several illustrations for the renowned author's book, The Pickwick Papers.
Buss, like many other Victorian artists, painted caricatures of the English gentry. This genre was pioneered by William Hogarth in the late eighteenth century in his series of paintings titled The Rake's Progress. In Buss's painting, The Enthusiastic Sportsman, an injured elderly gentleman, accompanied by his hunting dogs, is so anxious to go shooting on opening day that he insists that his servant push him in a bicycle-like contraption - with lame leg and rifle cocked - to the hunt. - More Information
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Dimensions
W. 11.5 in; H. 10 in; W. 29.21 cm; H. 25.4 cm;
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