[approximately 1812] and [printed approximately 1980?]
Call Number:
Paulson 812.00.00.131
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Landscape, rural; small cottage with figures at lower left; broken fence in front center near brook; water, stream in center with man on horseback herding cattle across it; large trees in back left and at front right on shore."--Collections database, Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, accession no.: SC 2009:16.
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with border added and Rowlandson's signature partially worn from plate., Identified in the Metopolitan Museum of Art online catalog (Object Number: 59.533.1685) as a plate from Rowlandson's "Views of Cornwall" series, dated 1812, despite not being listed in Grego as such (see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 239-246)., and Late-20th century restrike on modern paper, similar to others from the same collection bearing pencil annotations suggesting printing dates around 1980. The copper plate would have been in the possession of the successor Leadenhall Press in England at the time, according to Nicholas J.S. Knowles.
"A giraffe in a field on a riverbank, lead by a man, wearing a top hat, coat and waistcoat; two cattle resting behind at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
This portrait of the giraffe accompanied by his present keeper taking an airing at Cumberland Lodge ...
Description:
Title from dedication beneath image. and Information about the giraffe is printed below dedication, under the heading "Dimensions of the giraffe." Included are thirteen physical measurements beginning with "10 ft. 8 in. from the top of the head to the bottom of the hoof" and ending with "7 1/2 in. length of the hoofs." The final piece of information notes the "Age of the giraffe, two years."
Publisher:
Pubd. by the artist, 52 Gt. Portland St. and Printed by C. Hullmandel
