print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1863,0418.175
Description: Two men in seventeenth century dress, carrying fishing rods, presenting a fish to a lady who stands on the doorstep to an inn, to right, with the sign of a fish, a church spire in the background to left; illustration to Bagster's edition of Walton and Cotton's 'The Complete Angler'; etched state. Etching
Producer name: After: Samuel Wale; Print made by: Philip Audinet; Published by: Samuel Bagster & Sons (?); Published by: John Major (?)
School/style
Production date: 1800s-1830s (circa)
Production place: Published in: London (England) (?)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 109 millimetres (image, without border); Height: 168 millimetres (sheet); Width: 63 millimetres (image, without border); Width: 104 millimetres (sheet)
Curator's comments: See 1863,0418.171
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Illustration to: Charles Cotton; Illustration to: Isaak Walton
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1863
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1863,0418.175

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