Accession number
PML 9919.10
Creator
Nicholson, Isaac, 1789-1848, engraver.
Published
[England : s.n., ca. 1822?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Printed on vellum.
Wood engraving after a design originally cut by Bewick in 1799 to illustrate a broadside and guidebook advertising Gilbert Pidcock's Royal Menagerie; this print evidently a recutting of the earlier design by apprentice Isaac Nicholson, ca. 1822.
See PML 9919.11 & 12 for additional impressions of this engraving printed on japan paper and silk.
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 after a design originally cut by Bewick in 1799 to illustrate a broadside and guidebook advertising Gilbert Pidcock's Royal Menagerie; this print evidently a recutting of the earlier design by apprentice Isaac Nicholson, ca. 1822.
See PML 9919.11 & 12 for additional impressions of this engraving printed on japan paper and silk.
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. 92 x 110 mm; sheet: 247 x 340 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a zebra standing to the right with a background of rocks, bushes, and trees.
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