{"product_id":"prairie-chickens-by-arthur-burdett-frost-a-b-frost","title":"Prairie Chickens by Arthur Burdett Frost (A. B. Frost)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrairie Chickens by Arthur Burdett Frost (A. B. Frost)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eC. 1972\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotomechanical Color Reproduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis detailed grassland sporting scene, titled Prairie Chickens, is a vintage color print published by the Winchester Press in 1972. Based on the masterwork by legendary American illustrator Arthur Burdett Frost (A. B. Frost), the artwork depicts a lone hunter standing mid-field amidst an expansive flatland landscape, raising his shotgun toward a covey of prairie chickens flushed into flight. The expansive field is dotted with large, conical corn shocks woven from dried stalks. Two hunting dogs, an English setter and a pointer, work the field in the mid-ground, tracking and flushing the game birds under a vast, overcast sky. The print carefully preserves the original composition, the artist's bold signature in the lower left corner, and clean title typography along the bottom margin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe composition stems from Frost's legendary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShooting Pictures\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eportfolio, originally commissioned and published in 1895 by Charles Scribner's Sons. A. B. Frost (1851–1928) is widely considered the quintessential artist of American sporting life, renowned for combining rigorous anatomical precision with an authentic, non-romanticized view of rural hunting culture. This particular scene is historically important because it documents the traditional, specialized practice of \"battery\" or sinkbox hunting on vast coastal bays before the method was heavily restricted or banned for conservation purposes. Released as part of an elite, limited-edition commemorative run of 750 copies by Winchester Press, this plate serves as a vital cultural artifact of late Victorian outdoor sporting heritage and early American realism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: H 11” x 17” W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: In very good condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67605384560919,"sku":"PR0504-61","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0668\/3607\/0679\/files\/PR0504-61.1.jpg?v=1790781284","url":"https:\/\/antonioraimogallery.com\/products\/prairie-chickens-by-arthur-burdett-frost-a-b-frost","provider":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}