Hunting Buffaloes
Frank Holl, English, 1845 - 1888
after Felix Octavius Carr Darley, American, 1822 - 1888
1870
Etching and engraving on wove paper
Image: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (14.6 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 in. (19.1 × 27.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
PR.955.13.2
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: F. O. C. Darley, fecit.; inscribed, in plate, lower right: Francis Holl, sculpt [superscript "t"]; inscribed, in plate, lower center: Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1870 in the clerks office of the district court for the southern district of New York.; inscribed, in plate, lower center: HUNTING BUFFALOES / (Accompanying Appletons Journal.); stamped, in blue ink, on reverse, lower left: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE / DEPT. OF ART AND ARCHEOLOGY; inscribed, in blue ink, on reverse, lower left: PURCHASED FROM / MRS. WILSON; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower center: 2/28/55; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower right: 50-.
Provenance
Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), The Book & Print Shop, Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1955.
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