print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1867,0309.1048
- Description
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A nobleman on horseback, accompanied by a servant, points at two long-necked birds flying above a swamp on the right; illustration to the fourth tale of the sixth day, in Boccaccio's 'Decameron' (London, 1779)
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1779 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 128 millimetres (cut from larger plate)
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Width: 75 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1900,1231.5652 for comment.
Although not engraved after Gravelot, the plate was put with the rest of the illustrations to the Decameron in the Gravelot Post-Binder.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Decameron
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0309.1048