Shooting Picture

[Angel Cruz]

I finally opened a Winchester Art Portfolio by A. B. Frost and the plates are stunning. I got this from a Winchester employee that retired after 32 years when they moved the factory overseas. The cover is 19 x 13 inches and the plates are 18-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches. On one side of the portfolio is a pocket for the plates and on the other side you have a short story that goes with each plate.
There's a hunting scene for everyone in the forum. Enjoy..:corn:

[Dave Suponski]

Wonderful...Simply wonderful. Thanks for posting them up Angel....:bowdown:

[william faulk]

Outstanding..looked over for 10 minutes..thanks so much..Bill:corn:

[william faulk]

That shooter had better pull the back trigger on those birds or they are going to be gone...:)

[chris dawe]

Thank-you sir ...beautiful:)

[Angel Cruz]

You are quite welcome. I'm glad you guys are enjoying them.

[charlie cleveland]

i too looked for a while...those fellas could have been any of us hunting...brought back some merories i just know ive been there with them fellas im the one that was waiting for those birds to get a little farther out..was shooting a tight choked gun...i really enjoyed the pictures... charlie

[Dean Romig]

Very nice Angel, you are very fortunate to have that set. Those pictures are all in The A.B. Frost Book by Henry M. Reed and some of them are featured in black & white in A. B. Frost, The American Sportsman's Artist by Henry W. Lanier, both of which are in my library. Frost is one of my all-time favorites.

Thanks for the treat!

[Angel Cruz]

I'm glad you enjoyed that Dean. I love the work by A.B. Frost. I have other portfolios, some by Remington. You guys are gonna love Remington's Portfolio of American Waterfowl Hunting by Bob Kuhn. Simply Stunning.

[Rick Losey]

Very nice, thanks for sharing the portfolio

Frost is only rivaled by Edmund Osthaus in competetion for wall space around here. I truly like not only his capture of the exact moment in time but also the sense of humor that often appears.

like in his print "HIS NEW HIGH-PRICED DOGS"

(shown as found - it has since been properly re-framed )

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/frostprint1.jpg

the sportsmen
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/frostprint3.jpg

and the detail that bring the humor into it
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/frostprint2.jpg

[Angel Cruz]

Love it! I thought I had something by Edmund Osthaus. Gonna have to dig deep. Thanks Rick...

[Dean Romig]

Rick, have you read Art Wheaton's article on Osthaus in the Commemorative Issue of the RGS magazine?

[John Dallas]

Those pictures have also been reproduced and laminated for placemats. Ate my dinner off 'em last night

[David Dwyer]

Angel
Thank you,that was special. I would love to purchase some of his prints:Rail Shooting,Bay Snipe, Shooting ducks, Ducks from a Blind and A Passing shot.
How in the would would I go about finding "originals"
David

[Angel Cruz]

Thanks David. Glad you enjoyed. Check out this web site. Just make sure you are sitting down..:shock:
http://www.philaprintshop.com/frost.html
I'm not sure if they are original or not but you can find that out.

[David Dwyer]

WOW!!!

[Angel Cruz]

Excactly!!

[Rick Losey]

Rick, have you read Art Wheaton's article on Osthaus in the Commemorative Issue of the RGS magazine?

no, I will have to get a copy. thanks

[Rick Losey]

Angel
Thank you,that was special. I would love to purchase some of his prints:Rail Shooting,Bay Snipe, Shooting ducks, Ducks from a Blind and A Passing shot.
How in the would would I go about finding "originals"
David


Many of the Frost prints first showed with the big mgazines of the day as inserts. The dogs chasing the rabbit I posted came from a Colliers Magazine from the mid 1880's. I have another print of the same era from a Harpers Weekly. Some were good prints, others not much more than newsprint.

Many of the sporting artists were heavily reprinted in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Eliminating restrikes, new printing methods brought art to the masses. Done as art prints, as advertising (DuPont had a great series) or in calendars, the popular ones were done many many printers - for example, the Frost "shooting prints" portfolio was originally put out by Charles Scribner in 1895/6, collected together after the first prints were a big hit when they came out individually. And the set was reissued in the Winchester Publishing set in 1972. The Chicago Tribune did a series of Osthaus prints around 1905 that were good quality. I have some and have seen others - they are well done.

The very popular Denton fish prints were originally in a book form ( two versions), and then later put out in a portfolio when the popularity was recognized, if you look very close you might agree with some collectors that the book bound prints were actually of a better quality. (BTW, the fish is always the same size even though all three versions are different sizes over all)

Almost any popular sporting artist's work has been printed over and over through the years. You can get newly done digital prints (ebay is awash with them), or search for vintage copies, I am suprised at how often I find old prints in antique stores and shows. A couple of my best finds were being sold for the frames, the dealer uneducated about the artist and value ( lets try to keep it that way :whistle: )