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Hunting the dead lion

Hunting the dead lion
1828

Medium
etching and letterpress

Measurements
13.8 × 18.7 cm (image and plate) 37.6 × 27.1 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Public domain

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Printing/Publishing
printed by Howlett and Brimmer, London; published by Thomas McLean, London

Inscription
printed in ink (within image plate) l.r.: WEG
printed in ink (within image plate) l.c.: Published by Tho.s (s in superscript above . ) M.c(c in superscript above . )Lean, 26, Haymarket. 1828. / HUNTING the DEAD LION.
printed in ink c.-l.c.: THE “LIVING DOG” AND THE “DEAD LION.” / (28 lines of verse, in 2 columns) / T. Pidcock / PRINTED BY HOWLETT AND BRIMMER, 10, FRITH STREET, SOHO.

Accession Number
2412-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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