The osprey, or fishing eagle taken in Lord Melbourne's Park at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire in 1786 / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The osprey, or fishing eagle taken in Lord Melbourne's Park at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire in 1786 / [graphic]
- Creator
- Jones, John, 1745?-1797, printmaker, publisher
- Contributor
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Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828, sculptor.
Roberts, James, 1753-approximately 1809, artist, publisher. - Published / Created
- [26 June 1790]
- Publication Place
- Oxford and London
- Publisher
- Publish'd as the act directs, June 26, 1790, by James Roberts, Hogarth's Passage Oxford; and J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, London
- Abstract
-
"Statue of the bird standing to left on a square base, resting on a ledge, oval design; after a sculpture by Anne Seymour Damer, from a series of engravings after her work."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Text below title: One of the wings was almost cut off in seizing it. Mrs. Damer was present, and caught the idea in that moment of its rage.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Drawn and engraved after the terra-cotta model kept by Horace Walpole in the Library at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 253 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.
1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 27.6 x 19.3 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire; August 1937. Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 34.2 x 26 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Stipple engravings England London 1790
Stipple engravings England Oxford 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Etchings England Oxford 1790 - Material
- stipple engraving and etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Sculpture
Ospreys - Subjects
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Sculpture
Ospreys
England > London > 1790
England > Oxford > 1790
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12825985
- Object ID (OID)
- 16729816