
The Hunter (Nikolai Sverchkov, 1881)
Lately, I have noticed hits on my site looking for “hunting paintings”. Well… for you fellows looking for some nice outsdoorsy art, I shall be posting several good “a-hunting we will go” paintings by Sverchkov over the coming week. In this work, the borzois are running down a fox, and when they bring it to ground, the hunter shall dismount and dispatch it with his dagger (such was the way of it in old Russia).
Personally, I find hunters congenial, for they are usually upstanding fellows with a love of nature and those around them. I would trust a hunter before I would trust anyone from PETA… does that make me a moss-back (I certainly hope so!)?
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