Cattle

Cattle

Item Information

Title:
Cattle
Description:
Three cows standing on the ridge of a field. This print was also released in a volume entitled "Imitations of Modern Drawings" which is referenced in the catalogue raisonné.
Etcher:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Artist:
Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733-1807
Name on Item:
S. Gilpin 1781. Rowlandson Sc
Date:
1781
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Soft-ground etchings
Aquatints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
Rowlandson's Book: Sketches and Studies
Subjects:
Cattle
Extent:
1 print : soft-ground etching and aquatint ; plate mark 20 x 28 cm
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Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Grego, I, p. 151
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Notes (object):
One of 32 prints bound in "Rowlandson's Book: Sketches and Studies, Tomas Rowlandson sculp, 1789. Gainsborough, Barrett, Gilpin, Wheatly Wigstead, Rowlandson delin." This volume was Rowlandson's own copy. Page 14. On the same sheet as "A group of five donkeys, three standing and two lying."
Identifier:
18_03_000628
Barcode:
36666003811425