Print made by John Murphy, ca. 1748–1820, British, [Animals: an eagle with a dead pheasant, watched by a fox], 1799
- Title:
- [Animals: an eagle with a dead pheasant, watched by a fox]
- Date:
- 1799
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 3/8 × 24 1/4 inches (49.2 × 61.6 cm), Image: 19 × 24 inches (48.3 × 61 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, lower left: "J.Northcote R.A. pinx."; lower center: "London Publifhed Decr. 9 1799 by James Daniell & Co. | No.6 Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriar's Road"; lower right: "J. Murphy fculpt."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1985.36.754
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | death | eagle (bird) | fox (animal) | pheasant
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:44823
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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]
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