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Phillis, A Pointer of Lord Clermonts (Primary Title)

George Stubbs, English, 1724 - 1806 (Artist)

1772
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Mezzotint on laid paper
European Art
Sheet: 13 13/16 × 18 7/16 in. (35.08 × 46.83 cm)
Plate: 13 5/16 × 18 in. (33.81 × 45.72 cm)
Mount: 16 13/16 × 21 3/8 in. (42.7 × 54.29 cm)
Other (matted): 19 × 25 in. (48.26 × 63.5 cm)
85.1366
Not on view
Initials "GS/ BG" inscribed (or stamped?) on small rock or ground beneath the dog's belly.
Printed within image lower left: "Geoe. Stubbs pinxt. 1772." and "London Publish'd as the Act directs Decr. 5,1772 by Benjn. Green, Drawing Master to Christs Hospital. Printed within image lower right: "PHILLIS, / A Pointer of LORD CLERMONTS." and "Benjn. Green fecit 1772". Inscribed in ink, or stamped (?) within image, lower left directly beneath the dog's proper right hind leg: PHILLIS.
Paul Mellon Collection
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