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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Picturesque Etchings: 'Huntsmen Visiting the Kennels' and other rural studies 31 - 31 Jan 1791
Hand-coloured etching | 26.6 x 38.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810406
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A hand-coloured print featuring seven different vignettes set in the country. They comprise: 'Huntsmen visiting the Kennels' Two huntsmen lean over a fence looking at the dogs; 'The Haymaker's Return' people in the back of an open cart with a couple arm in arm skipping alongside; 'Deer in a Park'; 'Cattle Watering at a Pond'; 'Shepherds' a man and a woman with a baby in a field; 'Horses in a Paddock' and 'A Piggery' a woman stands at the entrance to a piggery with a knife grinder next to it. Accompanying print to RCIN 810405. Inscribed in the plate: Pub Jan 31 1791 by SW Fores N 3 Piccadilly
Provenance
Perhaps one of the prints acquired from the descendants of Samuel Fores in 1854
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
26.6 x 38.1 cm (sheet of paper)
26.6 x 36.9 cm (platemark)