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The Death of the Roebuck (Primary Title)

Walter Parry Hodges, English, 1760 - 1845 (Artist)

1834
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Color-printed and hand-colored etching and aquatint on wove paper; artist, engraver, title, dedication, and publication data etched in plate.
European Art
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark.): 16 1/4 × 22 3/8 in. (41.28 × 56.83 cm)
Image: 12 7/8 × 20 1/8 in. (32.7 × 51.12 cm)
Other (matted): 20 × 27 in. (50.8 × 68.58 cm)
85.1386.2
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: From the Original Drawings by W. P. HODGES, ESQR. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by H. ALKEN & R. G. REEVE. Printed beneath image in center: THE DEATH OF THE ROEBUCK, / WITH A VIEW OF WHATCOMBE HOUSE. / Dedicated by permission to E. M. Pleydell, [coat of arms] Esqr,, who many years Hunted the Roebuck. / By his Sincere and obliged Friend W. P. HODGES./ London, Published October,1st,,1834, by THOs. Mc,,LEAN, 26, Haymarket. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "378" (in circle) and "HRH. v. 6. p. 19."
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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