Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

and Samuel Alken, 1756–1815, British

after Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Title:
To His Grace The Duke Of Newcastle, This Print Of The Return From Shooting
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed stipple engraving with aquatint and drypoint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 x 26 1/4in. (53.3 x 66.7cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Wheatly R.A."; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by F. Bartolozzi R.A. the Landscape & c. by S. Alken."; lettered, lower center: "TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE THIS PRINT OF THE RETURN FROM SHOOTING. | Is by Permission dedicated by his Grace's most obliged & most humble Servant | Francis Wheatley. | Publish'd accordg. to Act of Parlt. January 10.1792. by Joseph Barney Tottenham Court Road opposite the Chapel."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1985.36.1203
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
Spaniels (breed) | dogs (animals) | pheasants | hounds (dogs) | horses (animals) | rabbits | hunting | bridge (built work) | sporting art | portrait
Associated Places:
Clumber House | Nottinghamshire | Worksop | England | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05)
Publications:
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)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21240