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Great halls, libraries, art and furniture have been used to venerate venery, creating the perfect environment for reflecting on the day, says Dr Hannah Clark Harry Worcester Smith of Massachusetts, an ardent acquirer of rare hunting books and prints (by Richard Benno Adam). Carefully appointed hunters’ lodges, clubs and interiors have become an extension of foxhunting in the field. Dr Hannah Clark explains the four distinct phases of foxhunting interiors. Appearances for the sporting gentleman are not confined to interiors, but extend to dress. Style was just as important as practicalities in creating the distinctive costume known today. Read Meltonian Dandy: by his clothes you shall know him. FOXHUNTING INTERIORS Foxhunting was not only performed in the field but ‘re-enacted’...

Great halls, libraries, art and furniture have been used to venerate venery, creating the perfect environment for reflecting on the day, says Dr Hannah Clark Harry Worcester Smith of Massachusetts, an ardent acquirer of rare hunting books and prints (by Richard Benno Adam). Carefully appointed hunters’ lodges, clubs and interiors have become an extension of foxhunting in the field. Dr Hannah Clark explains the four distinct phases of foxhunting interiors. Appearances for the sporting gentleman are not confined to interiors, but extend to dress. Style was just as important as practicalities in creating the distinctive costume known today. Read Meltonian Dandy: by his clothes you shall know him. FOXHUNTING INTERIORS Foxhunting was not only performed in the field but ‘re-enacted’...