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Print made by John Browne, 1741–1801, British, The Sportsman, 1775
- Title:
The Sportsman
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1775
- Medium:
- Etching, line engraving, and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 7/8 x 19 3/8 inches (40.4 x 49.2 cm), Plate: 15 7/16 x 18 7/8 inches (39.2 x 47.9 cm), Image: 13 11/16 x 17 11/16 inches (34.8 x 45 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "Jho112-1"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Gaspar Poussin Pinxit. | Joseph Farington delint,, | Size of the Picture, F 3,, I 2'/s by F 4,, I 5 1/4 in Length."; lower center: [Walpole family coat of arms, "FARI QUE SENTIAT" lettered within banner] | John Boydell excudit 1775. | THE SPORTSMAN. | In the Gallery at Houghton. | Published Novr,, 1st. 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London."; lower right: "John Browne Sculpsit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.9680
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- buildings | dogs (animals) | game (hunted animal) | genre subject | gesture | gun (small arm) | horse (animal) | hunters | hunting | landscape | men | mountains | path | rifle (long gun) | sporting art | sportsmen | talking | trees | walking
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:25940
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