1864 Hunt The Slipper ~ Antique Print

Beautiful, detailed steel engraving from the picture by Frederick Goodall.

It is a kind of holiday in the little hamlet, and a considerable group of its inhabitants has assembled under a wide spreading tree to take part in the old fashioned game. There are grown men and maidens, and half a score children forming the circle round which the slipper is stealthily passed. There, too, as spectators, are some middle aged villagers and a venerable couple, the latter looking on with as much pleasurable interest as they probably felt when, fifty years before, they themselves participated in the game. Advancing toward the players is a feeble old man, led, we presume, by his grandchild, who, when she has securely seated him, will probably join the circle of slipper hunters. The couple standing against the tree have their minds on other matters.

Printed on heavyweight ivory/cream stock. Reverse side is blank.

Title (printed below image): Hunt the Slipper

Publication: The Art Journal

Publication Year: 1864

Publisher: London: Virtue & Co., Ltd.

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 12.75 x 9

Approximate Image Size (in inches): 10 x 7.75

Condition: Excellent.

Library blind stamp* in margin goes slightly into image area, but does not detract from the beauty of this print.

*blind stamp: A colorless impression that is embossed on paper.