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Print

late 18th century - early 19th century (etched)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A pig with dark and pale markings sitting on straw, next to a trough and a wooden fence. The pig is notably hairy and is facing to the left of the image. Two large vegetable leaves are on the ground before it.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Etching print on paper
Brief description
Pig with dark and pale markings sitting on straw, next to a trough and a wooden fence. Etching print on paper. Drawn and etched by Samuel Howitt. Great Britain. ca.1780-1822.
Physical description
A pig with dark and pale markings sitting on straw, next to a trough and a wooden fence. The pig is notably hairy and is facing to the left of the image. Two large vegetable leaves are on the ground before it.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 21.5cm
  • Sheet width: 26.4-26.7cm
  • Plate impression height: 12.5cm
  • Plate impression width: 17.6cm
Measured by DH 20/11/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • '46' (Numbered, top-left corner of plate impression.)
  • 'Howitt in. et f.' (Below bottom-left corner of image.)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register, 1963
Other number
46 - numbered on sheet
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.530-1963

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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