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Object Type
Museum number: 1871,0812.3164
Title: Object: Woburn Sheepshearing
Description: A busy scene with sheep in enclosure and men at work shearing at right, livestock amongst the crowds behind which includes many portraits, the Duke of Bedford on his horse in the centre; prize notices pinned to a tree at right, a table in the left foreground with medals and statues, the pavillion behind, inscribed: "Erected by the Duke of Bedford 1801"; the figures numbered 1-87, a key below. 1811 Aquatint, stipple, etching and engraving
Producer name: After: George Garrard; Print made by: M N Bate (stipple and etched outline); Print made by: Joseph Constantine Stadler (Figures and Landscape); Print made by: Thomas Morris; Published by: George Garrard
School/style
Production date: 1811
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving; stipple; aquatint
Dimensions: Height: 542 millimetres; Width: 790 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Portrait of: John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford; Associated with: Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford; Portrait of: Sir Joseph Banks
Associated places: Associated with: Woburn
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1871
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1871,0812.3164

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