A Hunting we Will Go
Charles Bennett
1861
Wood engraving by ‘Morgan’
3 x 2¾ inches at widest point
Illustration for W. H. Wills,Poet’s Wit and Humour, p.99.
A dynamic illustration, fusing the main ingredients of British fox-hunting – the fox, the hound, and the horn, here caught in a comical circularity that satirises the event’s inherent absurdity.
Scanned image and text by Simon Cooke.