Hunting Party with Badger, Loire Valley, France
1850
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1850
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Hunting Party with Badger, Loire Valley, France is a 1850 by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The image shows a black-and-white photograph of a hunting party with a badger. The party consists of four people, two men and two women, seated around a table. One man is holding a rifle, while the other man and one of the women are looking at a book. The other woman is holding a glass of wine. A badger is lying on the ground in front of them. The scene appears to be set outdoors, with a fence visible in the background. The overall atmosphere suggests a relaxed and convivial gathering after a hunt. The image is part of the Romanticism movement, which emphasized emotion and nature. For more information on this art movement, look up Romanticism.
At that time in France, badger hunting was a working-class sport, popular among farm workers and villagers. The meat was commonly used in rural cuisine, plus badgers were considered pests. This daguerreotype shows successful hunters, dead prey at their feet, being rewarded with wine. One man, exhausted by his efforts, has dozed off. The image was definitely posed, but the dead badger suggests an element of truth behind it. Hunt scenes were popular in various art forms in the mid-1800s.
In the mid-1800s in France, badger hunting was a working-class sport, popular among farm workers and villagers.
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