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Description

A Hunting scene with hounds crossing a brook into a field with hunters signed lower right 'W H Hopkins' with artist's annotations along the edges oil on canvas 33.5 x 43cm

Footnote: This is a preparatory study for the large oil painting by William Hopkins, which was sold at Christie's, London, 19 May 2006, lot 50 for £33,000. The scene is believed to depict the woodland landscape at Pytchley, just south of Kettering in Northamptonshire.

Condition report: A little surface dirt around the edges but fine.

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