Accession number
PML 9919.5
Creator
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.
Published
[England : s.n., ca. 18--]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Printed on wove paper.
Wood engraving of a design originally cut by Bewick in 1799 to illustrate a broadside and guidebook advertising Gilbert Pidcock's Royal Menagerie; this print possibly a recutting of the earlier design by an apprentice or imitator, with noticeable differences in the handling of engraved details.
One of a collection of 15 wood and intaglio engravings by or after Thomas Bewick (see PML 9919); the individual prints comprising the collection each cataloged separately.
Wood engraving of a design originally cut by Bewick in 1799 to illustrate a broadside and guidebook advertising Gilbert Pidcock's Royal Menagerie; this print possibly a recutting of the earlier design by an apprentice or imitator, with noticeable differences in the handling of engraved details.
One of a collection of 15 wood and intaglio engravings by or after Thomas Bewick (see PML 9919); the individual prints comprising the collection each cataloged separately.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: approx. 94 x 220 mm; sheet: 184 x 266 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a roaring lion walking to right in a field, with head turned to look to left; trees in background.
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