Pheasant Shooting (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

1800
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored mezzotint on laid paper
Sheet: 11 × 15 5/16 in. (27.94 × 38.89 cm)
Plate: 9 13/16 × 13 7/8 in. (24.92 × 35.24 cm)
Image: 9 1/4 × 13 7/8 in. (23.5 × 35.24 cm)
85.1296
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: PHEASANT SHOOTING. / Published as the Act directs, 4 June 1800. Printed beneath image lower left: "592" and "Printed for & Sold by BOWLES & CARVER." Printed beneath image lower right: No. 69 St.Paul's Church Yard, LONDON." Inscribed in graphite, upper right: 10 _/8 x 14 _/4 [measurements, partially cropped by trimming]. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "Bowles & Carver", "233" (in circle), "HRH 15 / 13A"; "27" and "C26941".
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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