Fine art prints of sporting pastimes, inspired by vintage illustrations from over 100 years ago. The sports include hunting, fishing, golf, horse racing and hot air ballooning.
Our fine art proints of sports are based on antique prints made in the period 1600 to 1920.
We make them with superb pigmented inks and heavyweight 300gsm German fine art paper made from 100% cotton and spring water.
Fine art print of a early hot air ballooning. Titled “La Minerve” Vaisseau Aerien destinemaux Decouvertes, 1803.The early success with balloon flight inspired designers to push the limits. One of the largest was proposed by a physicist named Robertson in 1804 and called The Minerva, “an aerial vesse..
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Fine art print of a early hot air ballooning. Titled "Ascension du Sieur a la Citadelle de Strasbourg, 1784." Shows obe of the first hot air balloons, flying above Strasbourg for the first time in 1784..
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Fine art print of a early hot air ballooning. Titled "Premier Voyage Aerien, 1783." Shows a landmark in human history - the first ever voyage into the air ! In France in 1783 the Montgolfier brothers flew a hot air balloon for the first time in history...
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Fine art print of a early hot air ballooning. Titled "Ascension de Margat sur son Cerf Aeronaute Coco, 1817." Shows an extraordinary hot air balloon carrying a man riding a stag! Perhaps an early publicity campaign to demonstrate flight safety?..
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Statue of Goddess Diane (Diane d'Ephese). In Roman mythology, Diana (in Italian it means "heavenly" or "divine") was the goddess of the hunt, the moon and birthing, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and having the power to talk to and control animals.This is a fine art print of a beau..
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Statue of Goddess Diane titled "Diane a la chasse: which means "Diana hunting". In Roman mythology, Diana (in Italian it means "heavenly" or "divine") was the goddess of the hunt, the moon and birthing, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and having the power to talk to and control anim..
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Fine art print inspired by an engraving from 1802 by George KearsleyFeatures hot air balloons. Shows an aerostation (a view from a balloon above the clouds), Blanchard's ballon and Versaille's ballon...
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Fine art print of a early hot air ballooning. Titled "Modele du Ballon qui ete execute pour le Sacre de Napoleon en 1804". A.J Garnerin, a famous aeronaut, was commissioned to build an elaborate balloon to be released on the occasion of Napoleon's coronation. It was a fantastic affair with a great I..
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Fine art print of an original antique lithograph. Shows a hot air balloon rising up over Oxford with the first flying Englishman. Titled "Ascent of James Sadler at Oxford in 1810.He “ascended into the atmosphere” from Christ Church meadow in Oxford, rose to about 1000m high in his flying contraption..
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Fine art print of a early hot air ballooning. Titled "Ascension de Madame Blanchard au Champ-de-Mars, 1810."Sophie Blanchard (1778 – 1819) was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. She was the first female professional balloonist, making more than 60 ascents. Bl..
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Fine art print of a early hot air ballooning. Titled "Neueste Erfingung einen Luftballon dureb Adler zu regieren, 1801". Shows a hot air balloon being pulled by eagles in 1801...
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Fine art print of a early hot air ballooning. Titled "Globe fait pour etre dirige, c.1785."..
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Fine art print of a early hot air ballooning. Titled "The First Channel Crossing by Air, 1785."..
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Fine art print of a early hot air ballooning. Titled "Tour de Calais 1785." The beautiful Montgolfier balloon has a circular platform around the base and passengers are waving from it...
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A humorous scene showing fox hunters with their playful fox hounds.This is a fine art print of a hand colored engraving made in the mid 1800s by John Leech (1817 – 1864). Leech was a renowned English caricaturist and illustrator...
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Six different types of fly patterns for Bass Fly Fishing. They are interestingly named Academy, Beaufort Moth, Californian, Blue Bottle, Cracker and Bishop.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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Six different types of fly patterns for Bass Fly Fishing. They are interestingly named Cleveland,Cheney, Chippy, Dark Flaggon, Croppie and Barnwell.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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Six different types of fly patterns for Bass Fly Fishing. They are interestingly named Bob White, Caddis,cork body, Epting, Gov. Alvord, Ferguson and De Gem.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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Six different types of fly patterns for Bass Fly Fishing. They are interestingly named Golden Dustman, Henshall, Knight Templar, Jungle Cock, Hoberton and Holberton II.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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Six different types of fly patterns for Bass Fly Fishing. They are interestingly named Yellow Miller, White Miller, W.H Hammett, Triumph, Tipperlin and W.T.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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Six different types of fly patterns for Bass Fly Fishing. They are interestingly named Matadon, Ondawa, Le Bella, Oriole, Oconomowoc and Polka.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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Six different types of fly patterns for Bass Fly Fishing. They are interestingly named Marston, Manchester, Horicon, Lake George, Max van dem Burne and Munro.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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Six different types of fly patterns for Bass Fly Fishing. They are interestingly named Lake Edward, Massasaga, Frank Gray, Mather, Owner and McCloud.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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Six different types of fly patterns for Bass Fly Fishing. They are interestingly named Scarlet Ibis, Parker, Raven, Toodle-bug, Read and Premier.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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Different types of fly patterns for Fly Fishing called Hackles.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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A humorous scene showing a huntsman on his horse crashing through the window of a draper's shop.This is a fine art print of a hand colored engraving made in the mid 1800s by John Leech (1817 – 1864). Leech was a renowned English caricaturist and illustrator...
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A humorous scene showing huntsmen and children looking for their hunting hounds...the joke being they are hunting their own hounds rather than their usual prey of foxes and hares !This is a fine art print of a hand colored engraving made in the mid 1800s by John Leech (1817 – 1864). Leech was a reno..
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Six different types of fly patterns for Lake Fly Fishing. They are interestingly named Alexandra, Brazilian Blue-wing, Brazilian Pond, Black Prince, Royal Coachman and Cassard.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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Six different types of fly patterns for Lake Fly Fishing. They are interestingly named Green Weaver, Golden Pheasant, Gray Duke, Fiery Brown, Grackle and Grasshopper.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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Six different types of fly patterns for Lake Fly Fishing. They are interestingly named Hart, Hill Fly, Kingfisher, Golden Rod, King of the Woods and Green Glade.This is a fine art print of a chromolithograph made in 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury...
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