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The Allegory of the Wolf and the Eagle - Image 1
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Peltro William Tomkins, Leonardo da Vinci, and others

The Allegory of the Wolf and the Eagle

1811

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The Allegory of the Wolf and the Eagle

1811

Physical Qualities Stipple engraving and etching, Sheet: 333 × 353 mm. (13 1/8 × 13 7/8 in.) Plate: 238 × 329 mm. (9 3/8 × 12 15/16 in.) Image: 170 × 278 mm. (6 11/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 57 from the series "Original Designs of the Most Celebrated Masters of the Bolognese, Roman, Florentine and Venetian Schools"
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.4652

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: above image, upper left, in plate PL.LVII."; below image, lower left, in plate " Leonardo di Vinci delt"; below image, lower right, in plate "Engrav'd by P.W. Tomkins. Engraver to her Majesty."; below image, lower center, in graphite "Allegory of the Wolf"; below image, lower center, in plate "IN HIS MAJESTY'S COLLECTION. / Published April 17. 1811. by J. Chamberlaine. Scotland Yard."; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "9891"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

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