A Concert of Birds

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Description:

Mezzotint with etching and aquatint, after painting formerly attributed to Mario dei Fiori, once in the Small Breakfast Room at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, attributed to Frans Snyders. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2.

It has been suggested that the subject may refer to Aesop’s fable of The Owl and the Birds or it may represent an allegory of Air or Hearing.

Date Made: 1778

Engraver: Earlom, RichardPublisher: Boydell, JohnArtist Attribution: dei Fiori, MarioOriginal Artist: Snyders, Frans

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London

Subject: MusicBirds

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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: 1978.0534.03.05Accession Number: 1978.0534Catalog Number: 1978.0534.03.05

Object Name: printmezzotintObject Type: Intaglio Processes

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: overall: 43.5 cm x 59.5 cm; 17 1/8 in x 23 7/16 inplate: 41.75 cm x 57.5 cm; 16 7/16 in x 22 5/8 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-a323-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_784901

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