A Greyhound's Head

Description:

Mezzotint after painting by Jan Wyck, once in the Small Breakfast Room at Houghton. Now in State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. At Houghton Hall the painting was hung as a pair with A Horse’s Head by Rubens, and the two small prints were mounted on the same page in the volume.

Date Made: 1777

Engraver: Earlom, RichardDelineator: Farington, JosephPublisher: Boydell, JohnArtist Attribution: Wyck, Thomas

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London

Subject: Dogs

Subject:

See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Communications, Marsh Collection, Art

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Credit Line: Marsh Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1978.0534.02.74Accession Number: 1978.0534Catalog Number: 1978.0534.02.74

Object Name: printmezzotintObject Type: Mezzotint

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: plate: 29.2 cm x 18.4 cm; 11 1/2 in x 7 1/4 inoverall: 32.8 cm x 22.3 cm; 12 29/32 in x 8 25/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-0cf7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1694420

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