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An eagle and a hare

Maker

(engraver)
1645-1718

After
(artist)
1622-1702

(publisher)
1652-1743

Title

An eagle and a hare

Date of Production

(circa) 1690

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 20.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2134

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Label Text

Griffier has reproduced a drawing by Francis Barlow using mezzotint; unusually he has chosen this tonal method for an essentially linear drawing. Griffier accurately translated Barlow’s design from drawing to print, but the more elaborate landscape background seems to be of his own invention. The print was published by John Smith, who was himself known as first-rate mezzotint engraver. Interestingly the roles of both Griffier and Smith are acknowledged in the written inscriptions, whilst Barlow’s role is not.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Purpose and Process: British and French Printmaking 1600 - 1900, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/2014-20/06/2014

Drawings in Print, Courtauld Gallery, Woburn Square, London, 12/02/1983-12/06/1983

Literature

Histoire de la gravure en manière noire. Histoire de la découverte de l'impression et de son application à la gravure, aux caractères mobiles et à la lithographie
ill. on pp. 177-178

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : :

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