print
- Museum number
- 1997,0928.14.46
- Title
- Series: Diversae avium species
- Description
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Eight pigeons in a farmyard near a coup; a dovecote in the background, right; after Francis Barlow; first state.
Etching
- Production date
- 1654-1658 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 137 millimetres
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Width: 197 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For information on the volume see 1997,0928.14.1
A duplicate impression at Q,5.552; copied in reverse by Thomas Neale for Pierre Mariette II, 1658-9, see Nn,7.2.2. The design for this plate is related to Barlow's plate 5, "pegions", in his series of birds see 1854,0812.79. See commentary under New Hollstein (Hollar) 1334-1339 for the different series of birds after Francis Barlow, for which the composition and chronology is not established.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1997
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1997,0928.14.46