print;
book-illustration;
frontispiece
- Museum number
- 1859,0316.386
- Description
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Two images; the first; a view of the 17th century Rookwood Hall, smoke coming from the chimneys, hounds and huntsmen starting for the chase, an arch of trees to the foreground, an old man staring at a large fallen branch, his little dog at his feet; the second; Luke Rookwood, leaning on his fowling piece, in conversation with his grandfather Peter Bradley, seated on a coffin, tools and a sleeping dog by his feet, an armorial and a suit of armour beyond, coffins piled in the gothic niches to the right; frontispiece and illustration to Ainsworth's "Rookwood, A Romance" (1836)
Etching
- Production date
- 1836
- Dimensions
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Height: 196 millimetres
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Width: 246 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Rookwood, A Romance
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1859,0316.386
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1859,0316.385