Object Details
original artist
Vos, Paul de
engraver
Canot, Pierre Charles
delineator
Farington, Joseph
publisher
Boydell, John
artist attribution
Jervas, Charles
Description
Engraving after painting attributed to Charles Jervas once in the Dressing Room at Houghton, Now in State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1.One of two prints with same title mounted on same page. The paintings are now considered likely to be copies by Jervas after Paul de Vos. This one shows two dogs and a cat facing off over dead birds, with a large cabbage at lower right.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Marsh Collection
date made
1778
ID Number
1978.0534.02.68
accession number
1978.0534
catalog number
1978.0534.02.68
Object Name
print
engraving
Object Type
Engraving
Measurements
overall: 23 cm x 26.7 cm; 9 1/16 in x 10 1/2 in
place made
United Kingdom: England, London
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Dogs
Still Life
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1694384