The Death of the Fox, published 1786

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series Title

Scenes from the Hunt

Medium

hand-colored etching and aquatint on J. Whatman paper

Dimensions

sheet: 47.7 x 58.4 cm (18 3/4 x 23 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David Grinnell

Catalogue Raisonné

Grego 1880, undescribed

Accession Number

1988.2.3

Artists / Makers

Thomas Rowlandson (artist) British, 1756 - 1827

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate within image: Rowlandson; lower center in plate: THE DEATH OF THE FOX; lower right in plate: Pubd. as the Act directs Novr.28.1786 by T. Rowlandson No. 50 Poland Street, Oxfo rd Road; lLv//in graphite, circled: 3306; lCv//in graphite: 36681 (4)

Bibliography

1880: Grego, Joseph. Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures. 2 vols. London: Chattoand Windus, 1880. Reprint. New York: Collector's Editions, 1970.