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Tame Deer Pursuing Cattle.

Print
31/01/1815 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two stags chasing after a group of four short-horned cattle. In the foreground, one of the cattle has turned and lowered its head at a stag, who is jumping slightly away to the right of the image.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleTame Deer Pursuing Cattle.
Materials and techniques
Intaglio print on paper
Brief description
'Tame Deer Pursuing Cattle'. Two stags chasing after a group of four short-horned cattle. Intaglio print on paper. Drawn by Samuel Howitt. Published by J. Wheble, London, 1815.
Physical description
Two stags chasing after a group of four short-horned cattle. In the foreground, one of the cattle has turned and lowered its head at a stag, who is jumping slightly away to the right of the image.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 14cm
  • Sheet width: 22.8cm
  • Plate impression height: 12.6cm
  • Plate impression width: 19.1cm
Measured by DH 26/11/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Howitt' (Bottom-left corner of image.)
  • 'TAME DEER PURSUING CATTLE.' (Title, central below image.)
  • 'Published Jany. 31st. 1815 by J.Wheble, 18. Warwick Square, London.' (Central below title.)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
29638:260

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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