Pheasant Hawking, from the series "The British Sportsman"
Samuel Howitt, English, 1765 - 1822
1799; published 1812
Hand colored etching on wove paper
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 in. (21 × 30.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
PR.X.287.1
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower left: Howitt in e f.; lower right: Published May 20th 1799; center: PHEASANT-HAWKING. / Republished by Edw.d Orme, Bond St. 1812.
Provenance
Source unknown.
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