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- Title:
Sir William Elford, Bart.
- Former Title(s):
William Elford Heron-Shooting in Devon [1978, Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings, catalogue]
- Date:
- 1782
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.492
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.492FR
- Subject Terms:
- animals | aristocrat | birds | clouds | dark | guns | herons | hunting | meteorology | portrait | rifle | sea | storm
- Associated People:
- Elford, Sir William, baronet (1749–1837), politician and artist
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:976
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