Framed print titled"Breaking Cover" a well-known fox hunting scene originally designed by the British artist Henry Thomas Alken.

Engraver: Often T. Sutherland (Thomas Sutherland).

Publisher: Typically Thomas McLean, London.

Medium: Hand-coloured aquatint etching, a process using acid to cut into a metal plate to create the design.

Date: First published around August 1, 1821, or 1824, often as part of a set of four hunting prints.

Subject: The print depicts a chaotic moment during a traditional 19th-century English fox hunt as the fox is flushed out from a wooded area, with various riders and hounds in pursuit. 

H: 38cm       L: 84cm