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The Enthusiastic Sportsman, Attributed to William Buss (English, 1804-1875)

Creator: William Buss (Attributed) -Charles Dickens
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

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

Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Oil on canvas.
Condition:	Fine condition, very minor scattered in-painting recently cleaned by Tom Yost.
Creation Date:	1804-1875
Styles / Movements:	Folk Art
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-CE-OC 339
Incollect Reference #:	97170

Dimensions

W.	11.5 in;	H.	10 in;
W.	29.21 cm;	H.	25.4 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.

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