Piper and a Pair of Nutcrackers
Two squirrels standing on the branch of a tree nibbling at nuts, with a bullfinch on a smaller bough below at left. Based on a picture shown at the Royal Academy in 1864.
Artwork Details
- Title: Piper and a Pair of Nutcrackers
- Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
- Engraver: Samuel Cousins (British, Exeter 1801–1887 London)
- Publisher: Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
- Date: August 1, 1865
- Medium: Mixed method engraving on chine collé
- Dimensions: Plate: 22 1/8 × 28 3/8 in. (56.2 × 72 cm)
Sheet: 25 5/16 × 35 3/4 in. (64.3 × 90.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Nicea Howard, 1954
- Object Number: 54.568.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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