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Varty's Series of Domestic & Wild Animals

Print
19th century (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A sheep with curled horns standing on a hillside, viewed at a slight angle with its head turned to the left. Beside it, another sheep is lying on the ground apparently asleep.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Varty's Series of Domestic & Wild Animals (series title)
  • The Sheep (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Coloured lithograph print on paper, backed with woven material.
Brief description
'The Sheep'. Coloured lithograph print on paper. After Charles Hancock. 'Drawn on stone' by Frederick Robinson. Part of 'Varty's Series of Domestic & Wild Animals'. Printed by Day & Haghe. Published by Thomas Varty, London. 19th century.
Physical description
A sheep with curled horns standing on a hillside, viewed at a slight angle with its head turned to the left. Beside it, another sheep is lying on the ground apparently asleep.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.9cm
  • Width: 34cm
Measured by DH 09/08/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • VARTY'S SERIES OF DOMESIC & WILD ANIMALS. (Series title, centre above illustration.)
  • Cha. Hancock. F. Robinson lith. (Below bottom left corner of illustration.)
  • London, Published by THOMAS VARTY, Educational Depository, (Centre, below illustration.)
  • Day & Haghe, Lithrs. To the Queen (Below bottom right corner of illustration.)
  • THE SHEEP. (Title of illustration, centre, below publishing information.)
  • No.7. (Plate number, above top right corner of illustration.)
Object history
See other lithograph illustrations from the series: E.253 to 288-1901.
Subject depicted
Other number
No. 7 - numbered on sheet
Collection
Accession number
E.259-1901

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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