Print made by Francis Jukes, 1747–1812, British, Portrait of a Two-Year-Old Ewe, of the New Leicestershire Kind, 1802
- Title:
- Portrait of a Two-Year-Old Ewe, of the New Leicestershire Kind
- Date:
- 1802
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and aquatint with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 x 23 3/8 inches (48.3 x 59.4 cm), Image: 16 7/8 x 22 5/8 inches (42.9 x 57.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "E/[...] | C"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered lower left: "J.Boultbee pinxt."; lower center: "PORTRAIT of a TWO - YEAR - OLD EWE, of the NEW LEICESTER SHIRE KIND; - bred by Mr. Tomalin of LOUGHBORO. | Pubd. June 30th. 1802 by J.Boultbee, Loughborough."; lower right: "F. Jukes fecit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1985.36.274
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- agronomy | animal art | ewe (animal) | farming | husbandry | obesity | science
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:44364
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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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