Fan Wing Royal Coachman by WHF
 

Since we don't have a page for Sporting Art & Literature I guess I'll post this here.

I discovered this in a Cobbs' Auction catalog from 2006 or 2007.

Bill Tapply explained to me that he didn't keep much of his Dad's (H.G. "Tap" Tapply) collection because he didn't care to keep his Dad's 'stuff' rather putting a great deal more value on the memories he had of fishing and hunting with his Dad and his Dad's cronies like Spiller and Gorham Cross. There had been a few auctions where Bill would consign more of Tap's stuff as Bill continued to find it.

It is well known that WHF was a very fine artist but this is the first of WHF's work with a fishing theme that I have seen.




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Nicely done - how big is the image?

Fly fishing art is another thing that takes up alot of space around here.

Rick, this is from the Cobb's Auctions catalog for the April 1st 2007 auction.



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