Herne's Oak

Joseph Farington British

1790

Not on view

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Title: Herne's Oak
Artist: Joseph Farington (British, Leith, Lancashire 1747–1821 Didsbury, Lancashire)
Date: 1790
Medium: Etching and soft-ground etching
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within plateline): 19 3/4 × 23 5/8 in. (50.2 × 60 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Object Number: 63.617.44
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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