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Diversae Avium Species: V.4-246

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Diversae Avium Species
Various Birds and Beasts Drawn from the Life by Francis Barlow
Three doves and a dovecote

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Terasson, H.
Publisher: Cooper, Edward
Draughtsman: Barlow, Francis (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1718 - Circa 1725

Note

Unrecorded early state of the title which is first recorded by Globe for the edition of 'Various Birds' published by Robert Sayer, c.1750, and then reused as Plate no. 9 in an edition issued by Thomas Bowles, c.1755 (Globe 516). Cooper published an edition c.1718 with a very different titleplate engraved by Francis Place, with two eagles and olive branches.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: V.4-246
Primary reference Number: 178287
Globe: see 516
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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