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Engraving

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1800

GUSN

GUSN-5149

Description

Colored engraving of a young boy seated with his dog in front of a field of ripe wheat; original gilt frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

caricatures
engravings (prints)
coloring
engraving (printing process)
ink
paper (fiber product)
agriculture
figure- and animal-derived motifs
dog (animal)
leisure
wheat straw
Unidentified Paper
Ink
Stipple Engraved
Hand Colored
Wheat
Dog
Boy
Birdwatcher
Agriculture
Leisure
Idleness
PICTURE, CARICATURE

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Ward, James (Engraver)

Location of Origin

London, England

Dimensions

23 x 18 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.534

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