A meet before the hunt

Lami made two other compositions, both smaller, in similar settings: A hunting breakfast in England (10.3 x 18.5 cm.) in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Inv. 1246-1886; Eugene Lami: Essai de Catalogue raisonné par Paul-André Lemoisne, Paris, 1913, no. 930), and Depart pour une chasse à courre (17 x 26 cm.), from the estate of Frédéric Lami (Drouot, Paris, 16 June 1933, lot 21, ill.).

We are grateful to Caroline Imbert for additional information about this lot. The drawing will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné on Lami.