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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1868,0808.3136
Title
Object:
Shooting
Description
Two men with hounds, resting beside a stream with a water mill, and cleaning their rifles. 1770 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
William Woollett
After:
George Stubbs
School/style
British
Production date
1770
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
410 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
538 millimetres
(trimmed)
Curator's comments
One of set of four sporting prints after Stubbs; all four paintings are at the Yale Center for British Art.
Bibliographic references
Fagan 1885 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of William Woollett
(68.I)
Lennox-Boyd 1989 / George Stubbs: The Complete Engraved Works
(11)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
hunting/shooting
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Charles J Palmer
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(18-24.v.1868/602 £1)
Purchased through:
Colnaghi
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0808.3136