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Robert Thew, Edwin Henry Landseer

Hen Defending Her Chicks

1744-1790

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Robert Thew, Edwin Henry Landseer

Hen Defending Her Chicks

1744-1790

Physical Qualities Engraving on chine collé, Sheet: 462 × 606 mm. (18 3/16 × 23 7/8 in.) Plate: 343 × 431 mm. (13 1/2 × 16 15/16 in.) Image: 151 × 275 mm. (5 15/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.4637

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Painted by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A."; below image, lower right, in plate "Engraved by Robert Thew"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "9884"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Robert Thew

English, 19th c.
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Artist

Edwin Henry Landseer

English, 1802-1873
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