The following description for PANORAMIC HUNT SCENE,has been prepared entirely by the current owner, Roberts S. Fastov, Esq., and, at the collector’s request, has not been edited by Sloans & Kenyon

Note 1) James Seymour was the greatest English painter of ''sporting paintings,” - - -that is, horses in and of themselves, horses and jockeys/owners, race course scenes, and hunting or coursing scenes---in the early 18^th century England. This painting is one of the largest, best and most complex and complete, panoramic hunting or coursing paintings created by Seymour. Its provenance is impeccable, Arthur Ackermann & Son, Inc., which was a long-time and a most important dealer in sporting art in the early 20^th century, when this painting was owned and subsequently sold by this dealer. A review of Seymour's sales records at auction reveals that a \ very small Seymour hunting/coursing scene, “On The Scent,” 9.84 in. x 15.75, in. sold for $152,000 on 11/3/2010 (See below). The Seymour painting offered at this auction is 30 in. x 49 ½ in., or approximately 3 times the size of “On The Scent, “ which also is merely a close-up view of 3 hunters on horses with a significant number of dogs, in a very simple landscape with no stag or other prey in the painting. In contrast, the Seymour painting being offered for sale portrays 7 men on horseback, 5 men standing, with several dogs, amidst rolling hills with trees, all in pursuit of a stag/deer, in a panoramic, complex landscape depicting castle ruins in mid-ground and a river and large hill in distance. None of the Seymour hunting/coursing paintings, which sold, came close to approaching the detail, complexity and monumental panoramic view of this Seymour auction painting. All of Seymour's larger paintings bring sums well in excess of $100,000. Four paintings significantly exceeded prices of $200,000; two paintings exceeded $300,000; two paintings exceeded $400,000, three paintings exceeded $500,000, and one painting exceeded $800,000. Thus, any serious collector of Seymour's art or sporting art, such as some residents of Middleburg, VA, should give serious consideration to bidding upon and buying this magnificent and exceptional Seymour painting and hanging it over their fireplace or in a large wall space. The foregoing considerations and the Seymour auction sales records warrant a conclusion that the presale estimate $250,000-$500,000 for this Seymour painting is reasonable and justifiable, and, perhaps, the high estimate of $500,000, is somewhat understated, which any sophisticated bidder should bear in mind in planning his or her bidding strategy.

Title/Subject: On the scent Signed with initials. Oil on canvas. 9.85 in. x 15.75 in. sold for $152,100 on 11/03/2010 at Christie’s London

Title/Subject: Portrait Of The Racehorse Sedbury, With A Groom Signed with initials. Oil on canvas. 35.24 in. x 44.29 in. sold for $823,360 on 12/10/2009 at Sotheby’s London

Title/Subject: A Race Over The Beacon Course At Newmarket Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 35.4 in. x 50.4 in. sold for $604,478 on 6/15/2000 at Sotheby’s, London

Title/Subject: A Liver Chestnut Racehorse Led By A Mounted Groom In A Wooded Landscape Signed with monogram. Oil on canvas. 30.31 in. x 48.74 in. sold for $472,830 on 06/18/2008 at Christie’s London

Title/Subject: A Groom On Flying Childers, With Horsemen Beyond Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 38.6 in. x 48.4 in. sold for $461,402 on 11/9/1994 at Sotheby’s, London

Title/Subject: Mr. Ryley's “Killy-Cranky” Held By A Groom At Newmarket Signed. Oil on canvas. 35 in. x 39.8 in. sold for $420,500 on 12/3/1998 at Christie’s, NY

Title/Subject: “Turnip”, A Bay Racehorse With A Groom On A Racecourse Signed. Oil on canvas. 24 in. x 29.5 in. sold for $293,776 on 11/13/1996 at Sotheby’s, London

Title/Subject: A Coursing Scene Signed. Oil on canvas. 38.5 in. x 49 in. sold for $ on 5/28/1999 at Christie’s London

Title/Subject: Mr. Ambrose Phillip's Two Racehorses In A Stable With Groom, 1747 Signed. Oil on canvas. 23 in. x 29 in. sold for $238,739 on 7/12/1995 at Sotheby’s, London

Title/Subject: A Gentleman On A Bay Hunter With A Hound Signed. Oil on canvas. 24.4 in. x 29.5 in. sold for $234,085 on 7/09/1997 at Sotheby’s, London

Title/Subject: A Huntsman With Hounds In A Landscape Signed. Oil on canvas. 24.4 in. x 29.5 in. sold for $206,298 on 7/09/1997 at Sotheby’s, London

Title/Subject: A Bay Hunter Held By A Groom With A Hound Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 25.2 in. x 31.5 in. sold for $178,511 on 7/09/1997 at Sotheby’s, London

Title/Subject: Two Race Horses In A Match Signed. Oil on canvas. 19.5 in. x 29.5 in. sold for $169,395 on 5/19/2006 at Christie’s London