"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:
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., and Mounted on page 200 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
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
"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:
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., and For further information, consult library staff.
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
