Colonel Thomas Thornton
A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France in the Year 1802

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Author Colonel Thomas ThorntonBritish, 1757–1823

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A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France in the Year 1802

Date1806

MediumFirst edition, Small folio book with etchings and aquatints

DimensionsClosed: 11 5/8 × 9 5/8 × 1 in. (29.5 × 24.4 × 2.5 cm)
Open: 11 5/8 x 19 x 1 in. (29.5 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2002.7.1

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"A Noble Pastime: Hunting Pictures from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas, September 3–November 7, 2004; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, January 29–April 6, 2005; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, December 2, 2006–April 29, 2007.

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