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Print

mid 17th century to late 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching featuring two hunting dogs chasing two flying grouse?, watched by a hawk in a tree. A grouse hides beneath the undergrowth.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Etching print on laid paper
Brief description
Two hunting dogs chasing two flying grouse(?), watched by a hawk in a tree. Etching print on laid paper. Etched by Pierce(?) Tempest, after Francis Barlow. Plate 40 in 'Various Birds and Beasts Drawn from the Life' by Francis Barlow. Great Britain. Mid -late 17th century.
Physical description
Etching featuring two hunting dogs chasing two flying grouse?, watched by a hawk in a tree. A grouse hides beneath the undergrowth.
Dimensions
  • Image, trimmed height: 12.6cm
  • Image, trimmed width: 17.9cm
  • Card height: 17.5cm
  • Card width: 23cm
Print is attached to a piece of card.
Credit line
Given by Dominic Naish
Object history
This illustration is plate 40 in Various Birds and Beasts Drawn from Life by Francis Barlow. Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill & Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street.
Production
'PTempest ex' inscribed on untrimmed version E.214-1906.
This illustration is plate 40 in Various Birds and Beasts Drawn from Life by Francis Barlow. Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill & Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Various Birds and Beasts Drawn from Life by Francis Barlow. Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill & Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street.
Collection
Accession number
E.1155-2008

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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