Object number
51/453
Exhibition
Description
This is a printed meet card for a hunt which reads 'Aylsham, March 26th, 1886. B. Bond Cabbell's, Esq., Hounds will meet in the Market-Place, Aylsham, on Wednesday, the 31st, at eleven a.m.' It is signed by C. Stapleton.
Physical description
1 meet card: good condition
Label Text
Meet card. Hunts with dogs were generally organised well in advance, and this 19th century meet card details the plan for such a meeting. This group - B. Bond Cabbell's Hounds - would have kept its own dogs, as these were kept by each regional 'Hunt', not by individuals. The use of dogs to catch foxes was first recorded in around 2500BC in Assyria and Egypt. It became an organised activity in the 17th century in Britain, and contributed to the development of sports such as steeplechase. When hunting with dogs was banned in the early 2000s, a number of protests occurred in London. See our online exhibition to find out more.
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This is a printed card for a Meet of B. Bond Cabbell’s Hounds, to be held on Wednesday, 31st March, 1886. It is signed by C. Stapleton and dated 26th March. Aylsham is a market town in Norfolk on the River Bure. // Hunting as a pastime was introduced into England by the Normans, and was the special prerogative of the kings. They established areas where the beasts of the Chase could breed in peace – hence the New Forest. These areas were under special legal jurisdiction, and the laws controlling them were rigorously and ruthlessly maintained. The privilege of having areas in which to hunt was regarded as a very high one, and rarely granted for the greater part of the Middle Ages. Forest law declined during the later Middle Ages and the Tudor period, and Charles I’s attempts to revive it were countered by its abolition by the Commonwealth. After that date it became the pastime of an increasing number, typified by Sir Roger de Coverley, the creation of Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in the ‘Spectator’ in the early 18th century. It has since then maintained its widespread popularity, although hounds are now rarely kept by an individual, rather England is divided into large areas, hunted by hounds maintained jointly by members of the Hunt. The name of the Hunt may be derived from the original private owner, for example the Beaufort, or take its name from the locality, as for instance the South Devon.', Object research project, Further Afield, February 2024 - 'B. Bond Cabbell may be Benjamin Bond Cabbell of Cromer Hall in Norfolk, which was visited by Arthur Conan Doyle and may have been the inspiration for Baskerville Hall in ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’.'
Production date
1886-03-26 - 1886-03-26
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_595.tif - High resolution image
