Bolton Abbey in Olden Time
This medieval tableau is set by the priory gatehouse at Bolton Abbey, West Riding, Yorkshire and shows an Augustinian abbot and monk receiving tribute of game. A forrester with two dogs kneels beside a dead stag, swan, duck, grouse and partridge as a falconer's assistant carries a dead heron and bittern and a fisherman's daughter brings trout. The print is based on a painting completed by 1834 now at Chatsworth House, Devonshire.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bolton Abbey in Olden Time
- Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
- Engraver: Samuel Cousins (British, Exeter 1801–1887 London)
- Dedicatee: William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (British, 1790–1858)
- Publisher: Thomas Boys (British, active 1819–53)
- Published in: London
- Date: May 8, 1837
- Medium: Etching and mezzotint
- Dimensions: Plate: 19 3/4 × 23 5/8 in. (50.2 × 60 cm)
Sheet: 21 1/16 × 25 3/16 in. (53.5 × 64 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
- Object Number: 24.63.1864
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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