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Object Details

publisher

Boydell, John

engraver

Browne, John

delineator

Farington, Joseph

artist attribution

Bril, Paul

Description

Line engraving from original painting by Paul Bril once in the Gallery at Houghton, Now in State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, and attributed to the circle of Paul Bril. Also known as Landscape with Exotic Beasts. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1.

Credit Line

Marsh Collection

date made

1775

ID Number

1978.0534.02.42

accession number

1978.0534

catalog number

1978.0534.02.42

Object Name

line engraving

Object Type

Engraving

Measurements

overall: 31.9 cm x 40.9 cm; 12 9/16 in x 16 3/32 in

plate: 28.9 cm x 37.8 cm; 11 3/8 in x 14 7/8 in

place made

United Kingdom: England, London

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Communications

Marsh Collection

Art

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Landscape

Animals

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-f41c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1452672