Obstruction Breaking Park Gate (Primary Title)

Dean Wolstenholme, the elder, English, 1757 - 1837 (Artist)

19th century
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored aquatint with touches of etching, drypoint, and stipple engraving on wove paper
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark): 7 1/4 × 8 15/16 in. (18.42 × 22.7 cm)
Image: 6 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (16.35 × 21.27 cm)
85.1345.2
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by D Wolstenholme. Printed beneath image lower right: Engd by D Wolstenholme Junr. Printed beneath image in center: OBSTRUCTION BREAKING PARK GATE. / Push forward, Sly Renard is not out of View./ Published by D. Wolstenholme, 22 Chads Row Grays Inn Rd. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "A6211 / 4" and "3".
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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