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Creator:
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Title:

The Two Asses

Additional Title(s):

The Two Donkeys

Les Deux Ânes

Date:
1863
Medium:
Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (26.7 x 18.1 cm), Plate: 6 x 3 5/16 inches (15.2 x 8.4 cm), Image: 6 x 3 5/16 inches (15.2 x 8.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower right on back: "1965.33.616"

Lettered lower left to lower right within image: "This plate is a part of the square one wh. follows it. Both | were drawn and bitten under the Mordant and afterwards | cut. The balance wd. have been better preserved if the | division had not been made, and if this white space | had been filled in with strong work as intended. | S. H"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1994.4.1030
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art | donkeys | foliage | landscape | leaves | light | shadows | text | trees
Associated Places:
Europe | Ireland | Tipperary
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:37846
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