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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Francis Barlow British
Not on view
A hen brooding six chicks sits at the left. A duck stands in the center facing left. At the right a swan floats on a river. Three birds perch in a tree at l
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Title: A Brooding Hen
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 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (13.3 × 18.8 cm)
cut outside the borderline but within the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.341
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