Object Details
engraver
Earlom, Richard
original artist
Bourdon, Sebastien
publisher
Boydell, John
Description
Mezzotint with etching and stipple engraving after painting by Sebastien Bourdon once in the Cabinet at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. Marsh probably wrote the numeral 42 in pencil in the lower left margin.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Marsh Collection
date made
1785
ID Number
1978.0534.03.44
accession number
1978.0534
catalog number
1978.0534.03.44
Object Name
print
mezzotint with etching
Object Type
Mezzotint
Physical Description
ink (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 43.5 cm x 52 cm; 17 1/8 in x 20 15/32 in
plate: 41.75 cm x 50.25 cm; 16 7/16 in x 19 25/32 in
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Religion
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Animals
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_784903