The Death of the Fox
c. 1791/1794
Artist, British, 1763 - 1804

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 142.2 x 188 cm (56 x 74 in.)
framed: 185.4 x 229.9 x 10.8 cm (73 x 90 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1942.9.43
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John Page-Darby, by 1882.[1] (Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 18 July 1892, no. 89); (Vokins); sold to (Wallis & Son, London); purchased 1893 by P.A.B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of P.A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] When he lent it to Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School, Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1882, no. 267.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1882
Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1882, no. 267.
Bibliography
1915
Roberts, William. Pictures in the Collection of P.A.B. Widener at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania: British and Modern French Schools, Philadelphia, 1915: unpaginated, repro.
1922
Shaw Sparrow, Walter. British Sporting Artists from Barlow to Herring. London and New York, 1922: 161-162.
1923
Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1923: unpaginated, repro.
1931
Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 188, repro.
1948
Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 92, repro., as The End of the Hunt.
1960
Cooke, Hereward Lester. British Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1960 (Booklet Number Eight in Ten Schools of Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.): 26, color repro., as The End of the Hunt.
1963
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 320, repro., as The End of the Hunt.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 94, as The End of the Hunt.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 83, repro., as The End of the Hunt.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 248, repro., as The End of the Hunt.
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 596, color repro.
1982
Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Exh. cat. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1882: no. 267.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 408, no. 581, color repro., as The End of the Hunt.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 288, repro.
1992
Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 177-179, color repro. 179.
Inscriptions
lower right: G Morland Pinxt.
Wikidata ID
Q20179882