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Print

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1860-1880 ?

GUSN

GUSN-18673

Description

Circular print of an adult woodcock and a baby woodcock nestled in a hole in the ground near a stream. Another small bird perches nearby on a stick watching the woodcocks. Mounted in a 1 1/2 in. wood and gilt frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

prints (visual works)
chromolithography
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
gulls, sandpipers, auks, and allies
Unidentified Paper
Chromo Lithograph
Woodcock
PICTURE

Inscription

Printed beneath print: ""Entered at Stationers' Hall Leighton, Brothers. From a Painting by J. Wolf.""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Leighton Bros. (Maker)
Wolf, J. (Painter)

Dimensions

19.5 x 18.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1430

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