Sujet
H.R.H. Prince Albert's Harriers, 1856. Creator: Harrison Weir.
Légende
H.R.H. Prince Albert's Harriers, 1856. Hare-coursing in Berkshire. 'Prince Albert's harriers are in the strictest sense of the term a private pack, kept by his Royal Highness for his own amusement, under the management of Colonel Hood...The hounds were...of medium size, with considerable variety of true colours...we soon found a stout hare that gave us an opportunity of seeing and admiring the qualities of the pack... just as we were squaring our shoulders and settling down to take a very uncompromising hedge with evident signs of a broad ditch of running water on the other side, the hounds threw up their heads...We must, at the risk of being considered spoony [soppy or sentimental], own that there is something painful about the helpless finish with a hare. A fox dies snarling and fighting; but one often wishes the hare to get away'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.
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Photo12/Heritage Images
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HRM23A57_233
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Droits gérés
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57,8Mo (6,1Mo) / 46,1cm x 31,4cm / 5442 x 3711 (300dpi)