The osprey, or fishing eagle taken in Lord Melbourne's Park at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire in 1786 / [graphic]

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16729816

Description

Title
The osprey, or fishing eagle taken in Lord Melbourne's Park at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire in 1786 / [graphic]
Creator
Jones, John, 1745?-1797, printmaker, publisher
Contributor
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828, sculptor.
Roberts, James, 1753-approximately 1809, artist, publisher.
Published / Created
[26 June 1790]
Publication Place
Oxford and London
Publisher
Publish'd as the act directs, June 26, 1790, by James Roberts, Hogarth's Passage Oxford; and J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, London
Abstract

"Statue of the bird standing to left on a square base, resting on a ledge, oval design; after a sculpture by Anne Seymour Damer, from a series of engravings after her work."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Text below title: One of the wings was almost cut off in seizing it. Mrs. Damer was present, and caught the idea in that moment of its rage.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Drawn and engraved after the terra-cotta model kept by Horace Walpole in the Library at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 253 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.
1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 27.6 x 19.3 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance
Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire; August 1937. Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
Extent
1 print : sheet 34.2 x 26 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 11

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Stipple engravings England London 1790
Stipple engravings England Oxford 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Etchings England Oxford 1790
Material
stipple engraving and etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Sculpture
Ospreys
Subjects
Sculpture
Ospreys
England > London > 1790
England > Oxford > 1790
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12825985
Object ID (OID)
16729816

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