Africa
Africa
- Description
- Line engraving from original painting by Paul Bril once in the Gallery at Houghton, Now in State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, and attributed to the circle of Paul Bril. Also known as Landscape with Exotic Beasts. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1.
- Object Name
- line engraving
- Object Type
- Engraving
- date made
- 1775
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- engraver
- Browne, John
- delineator
- Farington, Joseph
- artist attribution
- Bril, Paul
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Measurements
- overall: 31.9 cm x 40.9 cm; 12 9/16 in x 16 3/32 in
- plate: 28.9 cm x 37.8 cm; 11 3/8 in x 14 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.42
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.42
- Credit Line
- Marsh Collection
- subject
- Landscape
- Animals
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- Communications
- Marsh Collection
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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