The Warrener

by William Ward, after George Morland

$950 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A lovely colour printed impression of Ward's idyllic print reflecting the English rural ideal, after a painting by George Morland. The term warrener refers to someone adept at catching rabbits in their warrens, which the man in this image has clearly done. Bringing home today's sustenance is one element of rural life that Morland worked so prodigiously to demonstrate to his more sophisticated audience. It was a world that grew increasingly foreign to the urbanized world as

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