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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1872,1012.280
Title
Object:
Breaking Cover
Description
A hunt emerging from woods at left, chasing to right over undulating fields, a portrait of Colonel Thornton riding in the foreground, waving his hat to hurry the dogs Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Philip Reinagle
Print made by:
G Bovinet
(?)
Published by:
François Janet
School/style
British
French
Production date
1824
(circa)
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
168 millimetres
Width:
247 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For John Scott's celebrated print after the same painting, see 1977,U.761.
Bibliographic references
Siltzer 1929 / The story of British sporting prints
(p.236)
(after)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
hunting/shooting
Associated names
Portrait of:
Colonel Thomas Thornton
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
John Buttler
Acquisition date
1872
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1872,1012.280