Portraits of Hounds
Object Details
- engraver
- Earlom, Richard
- graphic artist
- Farington, Joseph
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- original artist
- Wootton, John
- Description
- Mezzotint with stipple and etching after painting by John Wootton once in the Hunting Hall at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. The painting does not seem to have been included in the sale to Catherine II of Russia, although it was engraved for the volume of prints. Present location of the painting is unknown. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Marsh Collection
- 1780
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.03.24
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.03.24
- Object Name
- Object Type
- Intaglio Processes
- Other Terms
- Print; Intaglio; Mezzotint
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21.25 cm x 27.75 cm; 8 3/8 in x 10 15/16 in
- plate: 19 cm x 25.5 cm; 7 15/32 in x 10 1/32 in
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Marsh Collection
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Dogs
- Record ID
- nmah_785982
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-843e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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