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Object Type
print
Museum number
Sheepshanks.7694
Description
A poultry yard with different birds (chickens, peacocks, ducks, owls, swallows etc.), a large villa near a lake in right background; after Melchior d'Hondecoeter Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Abraham Blooteling
(attributed)
After:
Melchior d'Hondecoeter
Published by:
Gerard Valck
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1670-1680
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
287 millimetres
Width:
385 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For another impression and comment see also 1874,0613.787.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(undescribed)
(Blooteling)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
bird
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Sheepshanks
Acquisition date
1836
Acquisition notes
For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Sheepshanks.7694
Additional IDs
Other BM number:
S.7694