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Eight Representations of Shooting

Engraving
1813 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Richard Woodman (engraver)
Turner (engraver)
Sir Robert Frankland (artist)
Place of origin
Cambridge (printed and published)

One of eight plates in a stitched paper cover album with title page

Object details

Categories
Hunting
Sport
Prints
Object type
Engraving
TitleEight Representations of Shooting (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving, etching and aquatint coloured by hand; stitched together in a volume.
Printing Ink
Etching
Aquatint
Hand-Colouring
Engraving
Brief description
Richard Woodman and Turner after R. Frankland. One of eight plates plus title page titled 'Eight Representations of Shooting,' published by W.D. Jones, Cambridge, 1813.
Physical description
One of eight plates in a stitched paper cover album with title page
Dimensions
  • Height: 7in (Size of volume)
  • Width: 11.125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962.
Marks and inscriptions
'Engraved by Woodman & Turner, from Drawings by Robert Frankland Esqr. To whom these Plates are most Respectfully dedicated by his very Obedient & Obliged Sert. W.D. Jones. Cambridge, Pubd. Septr. 1st 1813 by W.D. Jones, at His Repository of Arts Market Hill.'

Note
E.658 lettered with title of set and
Object history
This set was later re-issued c.1830 by S.Knights, Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange. A plate from the re-issued set is in the Department of Prints and Drawings, E.313-1947.
Subjects depicted
Shooting
Hunting
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.658-1951

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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