Overall: 53cm (21in) x 70cm( 29.5in)
Photolithograph after Susan Crawford (b.1941-). The Prince of Wales in Royal Windsor hunting coat and mounted on his favourite hunter. Titled beneath the image ‘HRH The Prince of Wales’ and inscribed ‘from the original by Susan Crawford / present to Her Majesty The Queen by the Masters of Foxhounds Association / on the occasion of Her Silver Jubilee 1977’. Printed by Curwen, London. Numbered 102 of 500. Autograph signed ‘SL Crawford’ in pencil lower right by the artist.
Susan Crawford’s picture was circulated to a broad audience as the front cover of the 1978 Royal Peterborough Show where Prince Charles acted as President at the centenary Foxhound Show. The Field reported: ‘Among many other aspects, the heir to the throne's enthusiasm gives him the opportunity to meet many country people from all walks of life who he would otherwise never meet and it also enables him to see diverse parts of the United Kingdom. Out hunting Prince Charles talks in the most natural way to as many people as he can, including the ones who catch his horse on the rare occasions when he has a fall. He has impressed many Masters with the interest he shows in the differing ways that their packs of hounds hunt on differing scenting days and in the way their huntsmen handle them. He is genuinely interested in the venery aspect of the performance and enormously enjoys riding and jumping his horse. This interest made Prince Charles an obvious choice as president of the Peterborough Royal Foxhound Society in this its centenary year. He gave great pleasure to all fox-hunters by honouring the Society by his presence at the Show …’