The Setting Dog & Partridges. Le Chien Couchant & La Perdix.
Date1750-1780
After work by
James Seymour
1702 - 1752
Publisher
Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
OriginEngland, London
MediumEtching and line engraving with period color
Dimensionsplate: 10" x 14"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1958-362,2
DescriptionLower margin reads: "J. Seymour pinx.t/ Smith sculp./ THE SETTING DOG & PARTRIDGES./ LE CHIEN COUCHANT & LA PERDIX./ London Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street."Label TextA pointer has flushed out some partridges in tall grass. A hunter on horseback and groom appraoch a gate leading into the field to hunt the birds.The rest of the set: 1958-362,1; 1958-362-3; 1958-362, 4; & 1958-362,5ProvenanceBefore 1958, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1958-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
