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Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches

Darvill's Rare Prints is pleased to offer a huge selection of antique lithographs from
"Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches, a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of British, Indian, Colonial, and Foreign Sport."

These antique prints are from Fores's Sporting Notes and Sketches, an English quarterly magazine published from 1884 through the early 1900s. It contained articles and stories about sports at home and abroad, including equestrian, sailing, hunting, fishing, golf, and many others.
Please refer to the Sporting Prints page for a list of the available categories.
Each issue included eight-full page duotoned lithographs.

Duotone Lithographs with goldish background that varies somewhat in coloration
Sheet size: approximately 8 1/2 x 5 9/16 inches (about 21.7 x 14.2 cm)

Deer Hunting, Mountain Sheep, Bison, Steers, etc.

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Passed unseen, unheard
"Passed unseen, unheard"
$20


His graceful form sank softly into the snow
"His graceful form sank softly into the snow"
$30


The opportunity was just too tempting
"The opportunity was just too tempting"
$30


the whole herd, like an avalanche, skirted both sides of his shelter and disappeared
"The whole herd like an avalanche skirted both sides of his shelter and disappeared"
$30


So we were all in on the death
"So we were all in on the death"
$30


This one means mischief
"This one means mischief"
$30


In midstream
"In midstream"
$25


A small shrubby bush afforded him sufficient concealment
"A small shrubby bush afforded him sufficient concealment"
$30


At bay
"At bay"
$30


Surged down like a waterfall
"Surged down like a waterfall"
$30


A Roebuck leaped across
"A Roebuck leaped across"
$30


Plunging into the river
"Plunging into the river"
$30


What will he shoot?
"What will he shoot?"
$30


Stag hunting in Hants
"Stag hunting in Hants"
$30


and, shot through the heart
"and, shot through the heart"
$30


a bullet through the head secured her safer still
"a bullet through the head secured her safer still"
$30


up the course of a mountain burn he led him
"up the course of a mountain burn he led him"
$20

  
 


He might have been carved in stone
"He might have been carved in stone"
$30


bumping and banging from rock to rock
"bumping and banging from rock to rock"
$30


gave him the coup-de-grace
"gave him the coup-de-grace"
$30


A magnificent buck
"A magnificent buck"
$30


Getting on with our mixed bag
"Getting on with our mixed bag"
$30


The big fellow Elliot, I whispered
"The big fellow Elliot, I whispered"
"I gave that worthy 'one, two' from the shoulder"
$30


Onwards! Onwards!
"Onwards! Onwards!'"
$40


And set off down the hill full till
"And set off down the hill full till'"
$40


The poor old brute limped slowly and sadly from the spot
"The poor old brute limped slowly and sadly from the spot'"
$45


He was dead as Imperial Caesar
"He was dead as Imperial Caesar"
$30


I seized the elephant's left ear with my left hand and, like the Frenchman 'did remain.'
"I seized the elephant's left ear with my left hand and, like the Frenchman, 'did remain.'"
$30


As the cow rushed with her head down
"As the cow rushed with her head down'"
$30


Be jabers, he's almost done!
"Be jabers, he's almost done!'"
$30

  
many other Fores's prints are available in various categories...click below