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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Francis Barlow British
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A cock bustard stands facing right in the foreground. He as long plumes curving down from the corners of his mouth. A hen with lowered head stands to the right. A bird flies over her head. Four other birds perch in branches in the upper left.
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Title: Bustards
Series/Portfolio: Birds after Francis Barlow: Title and five plates (New Hollstein 1334-1339)
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Francis Barlow (British, Lincolnshire ca. 1626–1704 London)
Date: 1654
Medium: Etching; first state of three (NH)
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 7 5/16 in. (13 × 18.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.336
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