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Since Adirondack Retro acquired Darvill's Rare Prints in August of 2022, we have been working tirelessly on our New State-Of-The Art Website. We are excited to announce that it is now up and running and that our massive inventory of Antique Prints and Rare Maps are being transferred over to the new site daily. In addition to the nearly 500,000 prints found on www.DarvillsRarePrints.com, Adirondack Retro offers an eclectic selection of Antique and Vintage Advertisements along with their Limited Edition Giclee Prints. During this transition, customers will still be able to shop and make purchases on www.DarvillsRarePrints.com.

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Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches

Darvill's Rare Prints is pleased to offer a huge selection of antique lithographs from
"Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches, a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of British, Indian, Colonial, and Foreign Sport."

These antique prints are from Fores's Sporting Notes and Sketches, an English quarterly magazine
published from 1884 through the early 1900s. It contained articles and stories about sports
at home and abroad, including equestrian, sailing, hunting, fishing, golf, and many others.
Please refer to the Sporting Prints page for a list of the available categories.
Each issue included eight-full page duotoned lithographs.

It should be noted that these are not modern reproductions,
as many are selling these days.

Duotone Lithographs with goldish background that varies somewhat in coloration
Sheet size: approximately 8 1/2 x 5 9/16 inches (about 21.7 x 14.2 cm)

Dog Fighting, Sled Dogs, Wolves, etc.

(click thumbnail for enlarged view)


Prutty spurrin'
"Prutty spurrin'"
$45


Combatants struggled and rolled about
"Combatants struggled and rolled about"
$35


Holding on like grim death
"Holding on like grim death"
$35


Ardently hunted
"Ardently hunted"
$30


Aha, Good Fellow!
"Aha, Good Fellow!"
$30


...a stingin blow drove him frantic
"...a stinging blow drove him frantic"
$40


Going to earth
"Going to earth"
$30


Away they streamed
"Away they streamed"
$30


Slinking along
"Slinking along"
$30


I could feel their hot breaths on my face
"I could feel their hot breaths on my face"
$20


Onward we sped, every moment precious as gold
"Onward we sped, every moment precious as gold"
$20


Bristow, pallid with terror, ran round and round
"Bristow, pallid with terror, ran round and round"
$40
many other Fores's prints are available in various categories...click below