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

1827 or later
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored aquatint with touches of etching, drypoint, and stipple engraving on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN / 1827
European Art
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark): 7 3/8 × 8 15/16 in. (18.73 × 22.7 cm)
Image: 6 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (16.35 × 21.27 cm)
85.1345.3
Not on view
Traces of rocker work in left margin.
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by D. Wolstenholme. Printed beneath image lower right: Engd. by D. Wolstenholme Junr. Printed beneath image in center: DRAWING COVER. / He leads on the Dogs, not a Bush does he spare./ Published by D. Wolstenholme, 22, Chads Row, Grays Inn Rd. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "A6211 / 4" and "1"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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