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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Francis Barlow British
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A peacock on the left is displaying his tail. Another with feathers folded stands in center on a pedestal looking right while the third pecks the ground with three chicks.
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Title: Three Peacocks and Three Chicks
Series/Portfolio: Diversae avium species
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Francis Barlow (British, Lincolnshire ca. 1626–1704 London)
Date: 1654–58
Medium: Etching; first state of two
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/16 × 7 1/2 in. (12.8 × 19 cm)
cut outside the borderline but within the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.353
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