Joshua Reynolds showed two men engaging in this activity for his double portrait of Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney.
Joshua Reynolds showed two men engaging in this activity for his double portrait of Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney. It's not horse riding, but the title monarch holds a baton to the ground and turns his neck to face the viewer while taking a break from this activity in a portrait by Anthony van Dyck of King Charles I. Men who have engaged in this activity are the subject of the best-known painting in a series that includes The Gloomy Day and The Harvesters and depicts (*) times of the year. Men returning from this activity walk past a family kindling a fire and towards villagers playing games on a frozen lake in a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. For 10 points, name this activity, a common subject of English paintings of men on horses chasing after foxes.
Joshua Reynolds showed two men engaging in this activity for his double portrait of Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney.
hunting [or fox hunting; or archery]