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The Death of the Fox (Primary Title)
La Mort du Renard (Alternate Title)

James Seymour, English, ca. 1702 - 1752 (Artist)

1779
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Etching and mezzotint on laid paper
European Art
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark): 14 × 20 in. (35.56 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet (paper mount): 15 3/8 × 21 5/8 in. (39.05 × 54.93 cm)
Image: 13 × 20 in. (33.02 × 50.8 cm)
Other (matted): 20 × 27 in. (50.8 × 68.58 cm)
85.1394.4
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: J. Seymour pinxt. Printed beneath image lower right: T. Burford fec.t. Printed beneath image in center [left side]: The DEATH of the FOX.; [right side]: La Mort du Renard. / Published according to Act of Parliament by R. SAYER & J. BENNETT, Map & Printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, 1st July 1779. Inscribed in graphite on paper mount, lower right: 1. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 15/19" and "53"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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