A Favourite Cob

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Artist/Maker	M. A. Pittman (publisher) Herring, John Frederick (Sr.) (painter) Cook, Henry R. (engraver)
Place of origin	London (printed and published)

'A Favourite Cob'. A dark-coloured horse, viewed in profile, wearing an English saddle and noseband-less bridle with its reins around a gatepost.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	A Favourite Cob
Materials and techniques	Engraving print on paper Paper Printing Ink Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description	'A Favourite Cob'. A dark-coloured horse, viewed in profile, with its reins around a gatepost. After a painting by John Frederick Herring. Engraved by Henry R. Cook. Published by M. A. Pittman, London. 1831.
Physical description	'A Favourite Cob'. A dark-coloured horse, viewed in profile, wearing an English saddle and noseband-less bridle with its reins around a gatepost.
Dimensions	Of sheet height: 13.2cm Of sheet width: 16.7cm Of image height: 10cm Of image width: 13.5cm Measured by DH 29/07/2010
Marks and inscriptions	A FAVOURITE COB (Title, centre below image.) J. F. Herring Pinxt. (Below bottom-left corner of image.) H.R.Cook. Sculp. (Below bottom-right corner of image.) Published by M. A. Pittman, Warwick Square, London. Septr. 1.1831. (Centre, below title.)
Subjects depicted	Horse Gate Saddle Bridle
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.875-1896

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O915975/a-favourite-cob-print-herring-john-frederick/

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