print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1852,1010.24
- Title
- Object: The Moss Trooper.
- Description
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A Moss-trooper on horseback, holding a cup, preparing to touch the arm of a girl, standing barefoot at a spring at right, waiting for a bucket to fill with water; a dog looking up at the horse at left; proof illustration to 'The Republic of Letters' (Glasgow: 1833); after McArthney; proof.
Etching, engraving and stipple on chine collé
- Production date
- 1833 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 225 millimetres
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Width: 152 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Republic of Letters
- Acquisition date
- 1852
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1852,1010.24
