FROST, ARTHUR BURDETT 

SHOOTING PICTURES. NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, [1895-1896]

6 parts in one, loose as issued, in large folio (18 7/8 x 26 in.; 479 x 660 mm). 12 leaves of letterpress text printed in two columns with integral uncolored illustrations, 12 chromolithographic ꦯplates after Frost, on original card mounts. Publisher's original front parts wrappers,💝 expertly bound to style in half dark red morocco and publisher's pictorial boards portfolio, title on upper cover, red cloth ties. Housed in a red morocco backed box.

A complete copy of Frost's masterpiece with large-scale chromolithographs after one of America's most celebrated sporting artists

Arthur Burdett Frost is remembered as one of America's best-loved sporting artists. His evocative hunting and shooting prints capture the drama of the sport and provide an invaluable vi✃sual record of rural America. Frost was an incredibly successful✃ artist, he illustrated more than ninety books and produced thousands of illustrations for Harper's Weekly, Scribner's and Life magazines. Although born in Philadelphia, he spent the majority of his working career in New Jersey where he produced some of his most noted work. Frost's most desirable and rare prints are the twelve chromolithographs contained in the present work, depicting various shooting scenes from upland gunning to waterfowling, and accompanied by evocative and knowledgeable text.

The subjects of the plates (taken from the wrappers and the text)𒅌 are as follows: 1. Rail shooting; 2. Bay Snipe; 3. Ruffed Grouse; 4. Summer Woodcock; 5. English Snipe; 6. Prairie Chicken; 7. Ducks from a battery; 8. Ducks from a blind; 9. Rabbit shooting; 10. Quail - a dead stand; 11. Autumn Woodcock; 12. Quail shooting.

"One of the most famous series of American sporting pictures" (Bennett)

REFERENCE:

Bennett 44; Reed, The A.B. Frost Book