Breaking Cover (Primary Title)

James Pollard, English, 1792 - 1867 (Artist)

1822
English
Prints
Works On Paper
hand-colored etching and aquatint on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATM[AN]
Sheet (trimmed past plateline): 19 1/4 × 23 5/16 in. (48.9 × 59.21 cm)
Image: 17 × 22 3/8 in. (43.18 × 56.83 cm)
70.9.345.1
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Sartorius Pinx. Printed beneath image lower right: Pollard Sculp.t. Printed beneath image in center: BREAKING COVER./ London, Published 1st February 1822 by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange. Inscribed in graphite lower left: K 4980. Inscribed in graphite on verso lower left: "1576" and "c15887/UUX set of 4" and "K-"
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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