Comic Fox Hunt Scene After Thelwell, Signed, Framed

About the Item

Thelwell. A humorous hunting scene drawn in fine pen line and washed with transparent colour. Riders in scarlet coats and black caps stream out of a bare winter copse behind a pack of hounds, while in the foreground a small child in black clings to a fat, wide-eyed piebald pony that is charging off in the wrong direction. Autumn foliage in burnt orange marks the centre of the composition against a pale grey sky, and the ground is worked in soft ochre and olive. The image is a small sheet floated on a cream mat inside a plain gilt frame. Medium: colour offset lithograph on paper. Signed lower right within the image, in white, reading "Thelwell". Inscribed on the reverse or mount: Thelwell. Condition: Scattered brown foxing spots across the cream mat, heaviest near the upper left and lower centre; the printed sheet itself looks clean. Frame gilding is rubbed at the corners.

About the Artist

Norman Thelwell (1923-2004) was an English cartoonist and illustrator, born in Birkenhead, best known for humorous drawings of ponies, riders and country pursuits. He contributed more than 1,500 cartoons and some 60 covers to Punch magazine, and his comic hunting and countryside scenes were widely reproduced as popular prints.

Details

Creator:

Norman Thelwell

Creation Year:

mid to late 20th century

Dimensions:

Height: 12.5 in (31.75 cm)
Width: 15.75 in (40.01 cm)
outside of frame

Medium:

colour offset lithograph on paper

Period:

20Th

Condition:

Offered in the condition shown in the photographs.

Reference Number:

VO-76

Documentation:

no certificate photographed

Gallery Location:

Thelwell