The Pointers & Hare

Date1787

Engraver Thomas Burford ca. 1710 - ca. 1770

After work by James Seymour 1702 - 1752

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint engraving on laid paper

DimensionsOverall: 10 5/8 × 14 1/2in. (27 × 36.8cm)
Other (Plate): 10in., 14cm (25.4cm, 5 1/2in.)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-126

DescriptionLower margin: "J. Seymour Pinx.t / T. Burford Fecit./ The Pointers& Hare. Les Pointeurs & le Lievre. / Published according to Act of Parliament."Label TextHare crouched under shrubbery in foreground; Two pointers followed by man with gun on horseback; rolling landscape under cloudy sky.ProvenanceBefore 1954, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1954-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).