Author:
Crealock, Henry Hope
Title:
STALKING SKETCHES; Amhuinnsuidhe in the 1880s (and a few more).
Price:
£180.00
Year:
2009
Edition:
1st thus
Publisher:
David A H Grayling
City of Publication:
Shap
Summary:
84 pp, Landscape 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from sketches and paintings by Crealock. Limited to 300 copies this being number 7 of which only 24 are bound in full plum Morocco with an original vignette drawing by Ian Oates. A fine copy Crealock's previously unpublished sketches and watercolours, forming a diary account of time spent deer stalking in 1882 and 1884 at Anhuinnsuidhe. Anhuinnsuidhe is a sporting estate on the Isle of Lewis. There are also other sketches and paintings of red deer and their antlers from other sources. This is followed by a three-page history of the Crealock family. There is also a 3-page introduction by Hon Robert Eden. A fine copy of a well-produced and finely bound record. Also included is the original prospectus and a letter from the publisher, and a memoir of the artist Ian Oates who died in 2010.
Ref:
23243
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