The Old Free Method of Rouzing a Brother Sportsman (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

ca. 1780
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Mezzotint with touches of etching on laid paper with a watermark
Sheet: 18 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (47.63 × 29.85 cm)
Plate: 13 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (35.24 × 25.08 cm)
Image: 12 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (32.39 × 25.08 cm)
Other (matted): 22 × 16 in. (55.88 × 40.64 cm)
85.1292
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: The OLD FREE METHOD of ROUZING a BROTHER SPORTSMAN./ Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs. Printed in lower left corner: 266. Inscribed in graphite on verso upper right: "3" and "T/T/-".
Paul Mellon Collection
Catching Sight: The World of British Sporting Print, VMFA, August 31, 2013 - July 13, 2014
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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