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Print

ca.1671 (printed)
Artist/Maker
John Bowles & Son (publisher)
Barlow, Francis (artist)
Place, Francis (printmaker)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Three deer in a woodland environment. A stag viewed in profile, lying on the ground, facing to the left of the image, with his right foreleg outstreched. Behind him, a doe is standing, viewed in profile, facing to the left of the image but with her head turned to face the viewer. In the near distance, to the left of the image, a second stag stands facing away from the viewer, looking out at an area of woodland.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Illustration
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Intaglio print on laid paper
Laid Paper
Printing Ink
Intaglio Printing
Brief description
Three deer in a woodland environment. Intaglio print on laid paper. A plate from the book 'Various Birds and Beasts Drawn from Life by Francis Barlow'. Design by Francis Barlow. Engraved by Francis Plate. Published by John Bowles & Son, England. ca.1671.
Physical description
Three deer in a woodland environment. A stag viewed in profile, lying on the ground, facing to the left of the image, with his right foreleg outstreched. Behind him, a doe is standing, viewed in profile, facing to the left of the image but with her head turned to face the viewer. In the near distance, to the left of the image, a second stag stands facing away from the viewer, looking out at an area of woodland.
Dimensions
  • Sheet (approx) height: 23cm
  • Sheet (approx) width: 33.2cm
  • Plate impression height: 21cm
  • Plate impression width: 27.4cm
Measured by DH 22/11/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Plate from Book - 'Birds & Beasts from Life' by Francis Barlow / London no date but c.1671' (Handwritten in pencil on verso, along bottom edge of sheet.)
  • 'Fra : Barlow be lin' (Below bottom-left corner of image.)
  • 'Frances Place Fec :' (Central below image.)
  • 'I : Bowles ex.' (Below bottom-right corner of image.)
  • '8' (Top-right corner of plate impression.)
  • 'h' (Bottom-left corner of plate impression.)
Object history
This is a plate from the book 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
This is a plate from the book 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
Deer
Stag
Woods
Fence
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1958
Other number
8 - numbered on sheet
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.153-1958

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
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