The Poacher
“The poacher’s face (pl. 11), as he prepares to slip his dog, is as successful as is the pale light of early morning in the sky and on the distant landscape.”⎯Review: The Academy, August 11, 1888, No. 849, p.79
“A few notes on the “focus” of the various pictures will perhaps interest the student, as this is just now a vexed question….”The Poacher,” here the principal object is not perfectly sharp, and the distant undergrowth is out of focus, but there is no destruction of structure. This plate fully exemplifies my theories on focussing.” ⎯ P.H. Emerson, Sept., 1889, To The Student
A poacher steadies his whippet before unleashing it to hunt down prey.
