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Ptarmigans (Primary Title)

Philip Reinagle, English, 1749 - 1833 (Artist)

1806
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Color-printed and hand-colored aquatint with slight traces of etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 19 9/16 × 25 in. (49.69 × 63.5 cm)
Plate: 18 3/4 × 23 15/16 in. (47.63 × 60.8 cm)
Image: 14 13/16 × 20 3/16 in. (37.62 × 51.28 cm)
Other (matted): 20 × 27 in. (50.8 × 68.58 cm)
85.1392
Not on view
Stamped on verso: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by P Reinagle A.R.A. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by F.C.Lewis. Printed beneath image in center: London Published Sepr the 1st,,1806 by C Random & Co No,,5 Hart Street Bloomsbury Square/ To J,, G,, Shaddick Esqre-- this Plate of PTARMIGANS, is most respectfully dedicated with Permission by / His most humble & obliged Servants, / C Random & Co. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "32"; lower left: "9809" and "924"; lower right: "c" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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