DOG Flat-Coated Retriever Hunting Glorious Twelfth, Huge 1880s Antique Print

Description

You are bidding on a huge original antique print from an 1880s illustrated journal.
It depicts
a pleasant picnic luncheon in the countryside on the The Glorious Twelfth (12 August), the start of the shooting season for Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) and to a lesser extent the Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in the United Kingdom. A hunter and a beautiful woman are petting a gorgeous flat-coated retriever, an English Pointer is on the left.
It is very large (double folio size), measuring approximately 22 x 16 inches (56 x 40.5 cm). The picture fills most of the page, with a caption below. There is unrelated text/photos on the back of this print.
The print has a fold in the middle, where it was folded into the magazine long ago. Note that the fold line is clean and undamaged, because it was "tipped" into the binding. This was a luxury binding technique of that era, because the double page prints were free of binding holes down the center.
The page is in excellent condition for its age. See scan for an accurate view of the condition.
This is GENUINE antique/vintage item. It is not a modern reproduction.
If you purchase more than one item from me, please REQUEST combined invoice BEFORE paying for a greatly reduced shipping costs. Otherwise, Ebay requires me to ship items separately if they are paid for separately.
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