Accession number:
PML 9919.9
Published:
[England : s.n., ca. 18--]
Description:
1 print : wood engraving on silk ; image: approx. 137 x 190 mm; on silk: 215 x 252 mm; mounted: 243 x 296 mm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
Printed on silk mounted on paper.
Reverse copy of a 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 apprentice Isaac Nicholson or another imitator, with the elephant facing right and the addition of a background with palm trees.
See PML 9919.8 for another impression of this engraving printed on japan paper.
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.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Print shows an elephant standing to the right, with a landscape with palm trees in the background.
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