Cervus

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Artist/Maker	Pass, J. (engraver) Wilkes, J. (publisher)
Place of origin	London (published)

Two stags standing alongside a fallen tree trunk, facing to the right of the image. Each has a number between its antlers ('1' and '2'), which below the image identifies them as a 'Common Stag' and a 'Maned or German Stag'.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Cervus
Materials and techniques	Engraving print on paper Paper Printing Ink Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description	'Cervus'. The Common Stag and The maned or German Stag. Two stags standing alongside a fallen tree trunk. Engraving print on paper. Engraved by J. Pass. Published by J. Wilkes, London, 1800.
Physical description	Two stags standing alongside a fallen tree trunk, facing to the right of the image. Each has a number between its antlers ('1' and '2'), which below the image identifies them as a 'Common Stag' and a 'Maned or German Stag'.
Dimensions	Sheet height: 25.5cm Sheet width: 20.6-20.9cm Plate impression height: 24.3cm Plate impression width: 19.5cm Measured by DH 26/11/2010
Marks and inscriptions	'CERVUS.' (Central above image.) 'Plate II.' (Top-right corner of plate impression.) '1. The Common Stag. _ 2. The maned or German Stag.' (Central below image.) 'London. Published as the Act directs. Octr. 4.1800. by J.Wilkes.' (Central below title.) Both stags are numbered (between their antlers), '1' and '2'. 'J. Pass Sculpt.' (Below bottom-right corner of image.)
Subjects depicted	Stag Deer Tree
Associated object	25016:803
Other number	Plate II. - Plate number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	25016:804

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O633782/cervus-print-pass-j/

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