The osprey, or fishing eagle [graphic] : taken in Lord Melbourne's Park at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire in 1786 / James Roberts del., portrait painter to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence ; John Jones sculp.

Creator:

Jones, John, 1745?-1797, printmaker, publisher.

Copyright Date:

[26 June 1790]

Physical Description:

1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 34.2 x 26 cm

Notes:

Drawn and engraved after the terra-cotta model kept by Horace Walpole in the Library at Strawberry Hill.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Text below title: One of the wings was almost cut off in seizing it. Mrs. Damer was present, and caught the idea in that moment of its rage.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"Statue of the bird standing to left on a square base, resting on a ledge, oval design; after a sculpture by Anne Seymour Damer, from a series of engravings after her work."--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Ospreys.
Sculpture.

Topics:

Bawtree, William,--1744-1824--Ownership.
Bull, Richard,--1725-1806--Ownership.
Curtis, Charles Constable,--1852-1936--Ownership.
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow,---1944--Ownership.
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828, sculptor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr00003596
Knight, William,---1847--Ownership.
Roberts, James, 1753-approximately 1809, artist, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85198967
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1790.
Etchings--England--Oxford--1790.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1790.
Stipple engravings--England--Oxford--1790.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)

Orbis Record:

12825985

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr16475

OID:

16850862

PID:

digcoll:4830862