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- Title:
Hawking: The Falconer. Mr. Sam'l. Northcote of Plymouth
- Date:
- 1797
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 3/4 x 13 7/8in. (50.2 x 35.2cm), Plate: 19 15/16 × 13 7/8 inches (50.6 × 35.3 cm), Image: 17 15/16 × 13 7/8 inches (45.5 × 35.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered, lower left, below image: "James Northcote R.A. pinx !"; lower right, below image: "Sam. W. Reynolds sculp!"; lower center, bleow image: "Mr. Sam'l. Northcote of Plymouth | The Falconer | London Published March 1. 1797. by I.R. Smith, King Street, Covent Garden"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1985.36.750
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | dog (animal) | glove | hawks | portrait
- Associated Places:
- Devon | England | Plymouth
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:44820
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Mark (Andrew Mark), Ledbury, James Northcote, history painting, and the Fables, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2014, pp. 103, 104, fig. 95, NJ18.N79 L43 2014 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Dudley Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874: A Catalogue, The Paul Mellon Collection , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1981, NE960.3 G7 B75 + Oversize (Mellon Shelf) (YCBA) [YCBA]