The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone
MICHAEL LYNE | HOUNDS CROSSING A DITCH WITH THE VALE OF THE WHITE HORSE HUNT
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September 9, 04:51 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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MICHAEL LYNE
British
1912 - 1989
HOUNDS CROSSING A DITCH WITH THE VALE OF THE WHITE HORSE HUNT
signed Michael Lyne (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 24 by 36¼ in.; 61 by 92 cm
framed: 30¾ by 42¾ in.; 78 by 108.5 cm
Frost & Reed, London (no. 0/35664)
Red Fox Fine Art, Middleburg, Virginia
Acquired from the above, January 21, 1987
The Vale of the White Horse Hunt (or V.W.H.) is a fox hunting pack formed in 1832 in South Oxfordshire. Different iterations of the Hunt can be dated as early as 1760. The Hunt takes its name from the Vale of White Horse district, which includes a Bronze Age horse hill carving at Uffington.