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Print made by Thomas Bewick, 1753–1828, British, "The Mute Swan" or "Tame Swan", undated
- Title:
"The Mute Swan" or "Tame Swan"
- Additional Title(s):
The Mute Swan, or Tame Swan (Anas Cygnus mansuetus, Lin.--Le Cygne, Buff.)
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Wood-engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 1/16 × 5 3/16 inches (12.8 × 13.2 cm), Image: 3 1/4 × 3 5/8 inches (8.2 × 9.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Marked in yellow ink, on back, stamped: "[...] | [...] | GALLERY | OF FINE | ARTS"
Lettered, in black ink, center under image: "THE MUTE SWAN, | OR TAME SWAN. | (Anas Cygnus mansuetus, Lin.--Le Cygne, Buff.)" (Anas Cygnus Mansuetus, Le Cygne both in italics)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Emerson Tuttle, B.A. 1914
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.673
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | bird | branches | bushes | grass | lake | leaves | pond | river | swan | white
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:36435
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