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Lionel Edwards Big Game Bear Hunting Print 1899#2102653

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Lionel Edwards Big Game Bear Hunting Print 1899#2102653
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***REASONABLE BEST-OFFERS CONSIDERED PRE-AUCTION OR DIRECT PURCHASE - ITEMS TO BE SOLD VIA THIS VENUE ONLY (PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST OFF-VENUE SALE)! Item: Antique ca. 1899 to Early-1900s Original Authentic LIONEL EDWARDS Gunga-Din-esque India ?Big Game Bear Hunting? Sporting Sportsman Hunting Woodcut Woodblock Etching
***ACQUIRED FROM THE ESTATE OF A BRITISH ART ANTIQUARIAN DEALER*
Artist: Lionel Edwards (1878-1966, British Artist Illustrator, best known for his Hunting & Sporting Art and a FAVORED Artist of HRH His Royal Highness the Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester).
***EXCERPTED BIOGRAPHICAL INFO: ?Lionel Edwards has been described as ?first and foremost a foxhunting man?. He painted what he loved doing and his paintings show the landscape as seen from the saddle. Though he started drawing at an early age some of his most memorable work was accomplished in his later years. It was his passion for the hunting field that gave him the ability to portray so successfully the rhythm and momentum of the chase.
Lionel Edwards ranks as one of the major masters and important influences on sporting art of the 20th century. Next to Sir Alfred Munnings, he is the best known and most respected painter in this genre. In Stella Walker's book British Sporting Art of the 20th Century, Edwards is referred to as the ?grand old man of British Sporting Art.? His career spanned over six decades...Many of his original watercolour subjects were commissioned by Soane and Smith. A full range of tableware ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Exceptional</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:ca 1899 to Early 1900s</td></tr>

<tr><td>Maker:Artist - Lionel Edwards</td></tr>




<tr><td>Title:Lionel Edwards Big Game Bear Hunting Print 1899</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Glendale, Arizona</td></tr>
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