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Charnley's lion [print].

Accession number
PML 9919.7
Creator
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.
Published
[Newcastle? : s.n., ca. 1819?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title and date from Tattersfield.
Printed on japan paper.
Wood engraving commissioned by Emerson Charnley; according to Tattersfield, the bulk of the work for this engraving was probably done by Bewick's apprentice William Temple.
See PML 9919.6 for another impression of this wood engraving printed on japan vellum.
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. 143 x 186 mm; sheet: 246 x 303 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a standing lion facing right, with trees and rocky mountains in the background.
Classification
Department