Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Lewis, John Frederick, 1804-1876

Title:

To the Right Honble. Mary Countess Harcourt these etchings of domestic subjects &c. are respectfully dedicated / by her obliged and very faithful servant J.F. Lewis.

Alternate Title(s):

Etchings of domestic subjects

Published / Created:

[London] : [Published by F.C. Lewis, 53 Charlotte St., Portland Place], [1825-1836]

Physical Description:

[13] prints : etchings ; 40 x 28 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2011 89
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Notes:

Etchings by and after John Frederick Lewis.

Imprint from plates. The plates are variously dated from 1825 to 1836 (and a number are undated).

The dedicatory title page is engraved.

The original drawing for "Mare and foal," the second print in the present volume, is now in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art (Prints and Drawings, B1975.4.1825).

Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p. 116

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in later quarter brown calf and brown cloth, with calf title label.

Contents:

The cottage door -- Mare and foal -- Horses ploughing -- The stable door -- Ass & foal -- The interior of a shed -- Rattler -- Spaniels -- Wounded deer -- Buck shooting -- "Jocko" (the head of a monkey) -- A German wild boar.

Subject Terms:

Animals in art. | Horses in art. | Dogs in art. | Lewis, F.C. -- Publisher. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1825–1836.

Contributors:

Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876, publisher.