Pheasant Shooting
Date1770
Designed and printed by
Thomas Burford
ca. 1710 - ca. 1770
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint engraving on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 10 5/8 × 14 5/8in. (27 × 37.1cm)
Other (Plate): 9 7/8 × 14in. (25.1 × 35.6cm)
Other (Plate): 9 7/8 × 14in. (25.1 × 35.6cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-125
DescriptionLower margin: "Pheasant Shooting. La CHASSE au Faisand. / Designed & Publish'd as the Act directs, by Thos. Burford at the Golden Head Bridge Street Westminister. March 25, 1770."Label TextPart of a set of sporting prints. See Pointers & Hare (1954-126).ProvenanceBefore 1954, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1954-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
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