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Framed engraving

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1771

GUSN

GUSN-8053

Description

Black and white engraving. Classical scene of men hunting boar with spears against background of waterfall, gorge, castle, bridge and stormy day. Underglass in black painted molded frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

engravings (prints)
engraving (printing process)
glass (material)
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
wild pigs
bridges (built works)
castles (fortifications)
hunting
waterfalls (natural bodies of water)
Unidentified Paper
Glass
Stipple Engraved
Molded
Hunting
Boar
Waterfall
Painted
Castle
Bridge
ENGRAVING

Inscription

Inscription: A Sayer Exudu publish'd Septbr 20th 1771.

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

21 x 20.625 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.434

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