Print made by unknown artist, This Celebrated Ewe was Bred and Fed, by Mr. Wilcox, undated
- Title:
- This Celebrated Ewe was Bred and Fed, by Mr. Wilcox.
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 x 24 3/8 inches (50.8 x 61.9 cm), Image: 17 1/8 x 22 3/4 inches (43.5 x 57.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "C"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered lower center: "This celebrated EWE, was Bred and Fed, by MR. WILCOX, of MOOR-HALL, Warwickshire, and allowed by Judges, to be the best, ever shown at BATH or LONDON, | is Nine Years Old, & has Bred seven Lambs."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1985.36.254
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- agronomy | animal art | ewe (animal) | farming | husbandry | obesity | science
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:44489
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Dudley Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874: A Catalogue, The Paul Mellon Collection , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1981, NE960.3 G7 B75 + Oversize (Mellon Shelf) (YCBA) [YCBA]
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